US EditionTrump Seeks to Ramp up Pressure on Grassley over ‘Blue Slip’ Controversy
President Trump demands ending the Senate's century-old blue slip tradition to expedite judicial appointments amid opposition, highlighting 30 liberal judges blocked during the Biden administration, officials say.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump urged Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley to end the blue slip tradition, saying his judicial nominations are blocked in states with a single Democratic senator.
- The Senate's 'blue slip' custom lets home-state senators block district court and U.S. attorney nominees, though Grassley exempted circuit court nominees from it in 2017 while preserving it for others.
- Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba had her nomination withdrawn last month after New Jersey Senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim opposed her confirmation, and U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann ruled she served unlawfully since July 24.
- Grassley countered that without blue slips, many of Trump's nominees would lack the votes to advance in the Senate, while Sen. Thom Tillis warned he would oppose nominees without home-state support.
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Trump Seeks to Get Rid of Senate’s Blue Slip Tradition: What to Know - The Thinking Conservative
President Trump called for an end to the Senate tradition known as the “blue slip,” despite resistance from Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Grassley. The post Trump Seeks to Get Rid of Senate’s Blue Slip Tradition: What to Know appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.
"Go To H*LL!": Trump Goes Nuclear On Two RINOs Holding Up Key Appointment - The American Tribune.com
Two Senate RINOs are holding up one of his key appointments, and President Trump is done playing nice with them: posting on Truth Social, he went scorched earth on two RINOs in the Senate Judiciary Committee who are holding up his attempt to get Alinna Habba confirmed as the U.S. attorney for New Jersey. As background, Habba was appointed to the position in an acting role in March, but needs to be confirmed, as a judge found that she currently “…
What are blue slips and why does Trump want to end them?
Senate Republicans do not always bow to President Donald Trump's wishes. He wants to end "blue slips," an informal practice that lets individual senators block Trump's appointments of federal judges and prosecutors in their home states. The Senate is not backing down.The GOP controls the Senate, but the tradition means that "some of Trump's judicial nominees have stalled out" because Democratic senators in blue states like New York and New Jerse…
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