Trump's judge appointment blitz faces Republican resistance
Republicans are blocking or delaying nominees as 23 judicial picks remain pending and the White House presses to confirm them before the Senate changes hands.
- US President Donald Trump's push to confirm judicial nominees before Democrats take control of the Senate is meeting resistance from fellow Republicans, with 23 nominees pending.
- Under Senate custom, home-state senators can block trial court nominees by withholding a "blue slip" form to the Senate Judiciary Committee, though the White House has occasionally ignored these preferences.
- Outgoing Republican Senators Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Cornyn of Texas are blocking candidates, including T. Elliot Gaiser for a Dallas federal judgeship; the White House recently replaced District Judge Lee Rudofsky with Arkansas Supreme Court Justice J. Cody Hiland.
- Tillis, who has a fractured relationship with Trump, told reporters on Thursday that the White House essentially told senators, "This is our guy, I hope you'll get on board." Tillis replied, "That's not how it works here."
- For the White House, the next few weeks represent a final effort to cement conservative judicial balance before Democrats take control. Rob Luther, a George Mason University law professor, said senators on "borrowed time" stand in the way of "movement conservatives.
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Trump's judge appointment blitz faces Republican resistance
WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A last-minute effort by US President Donald Trump to install as many judges as possible before Democrats take control of the US Senate is running into resistance from some fellow Republicans.
Trump's judicial push hits Republican resistance as Democrats prepare to take Senate control
A lastminute effort by US President Donald Trump to install as many judges as possible before Democrats take control of the US Senate is running into resistance from some fellow Republicans.
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Trump's judge appointment blitz faces Republican resistance
WASHINGTON, Nov 15 - A last-minute effort by US President Donald Trump to install as many judges as possible before Democrats take control of the US Senate is running into resistance from some fellow...
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