The Senate is poised this week to consider two more conservative nominees selected by President Donald Trump to sit on the left-leaning 9th Circuit Court of Appeals — and the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee isn’t happy about it.
That’s because the nominees, Ken Lee and Dan Collins, were picked without any input from either Dianne Feinstein or Kamala Harris, California’s two Democrat senators.
Traditionally, the White House seeks to obtain a so-called “blue slip,” or approval, from a judicial nominee’s two home-state senators before pressing on with their nominations.
But the Trump administration, which has successfully nominated several conservative judges to the 9th Circuit already, has pointedly disregarded that process as it continues its push to transform the appellate court that the president repeatedly has derided as hopelessly biased and “disgraceful.”
“I take it that without notice or discussion, the blue slip is essentially dead,” Feinstein, the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in televised remarks on Thursday. “This change in practice not only harms the Senate, it harms the federal judiciary. And I wish we could’ve had an opportunity to discuss it. I really believe it’s a mistake.”
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ReplyDeleteWho cares what the old hag is squawking about? I'm not happy that she had a Chinese spy as her driver for years...and nobody seems to care about what she may have said or done in front of him...
ReplyDeleteThe whole blue slip process was based on professional courtesy not law. Professional courtesy is dead.
ReplyDeleteDidn't know anyone had to make her 'happy'...
ReplyDeleteHE"S the president, and HE selects the nominees, not her. She wants respect! Get real. She would gleefully block every nominee put forth by the president. The President is correct to bypass the CA Senators, and the GOP controlled Senate is correct in confirming them with the nuclear option that THE DEMOCRATS under Harry Reid, made possible. The CA Senators would NEVER approve a Trump nominee. Poor old baby. She should try, just try, to cooperate with the president on anything, if she wants respect. IN the democrats lust for power, and absolute control over the Supreme and Appellate courts, they made it possible for Trump to do what he is doing. I love it! They never saw it coming. They also thought their corrupt influence over the election process would keep a Republican from ever taking over the White House again. LOL, their heads are exploding! And poor ol' Hillary needs a wheelchair.
ReplyDeleteThis is what got Trump elected.
ReplyDeleteRepublicans have finally learned from the corrected Democrats and is using their tactics against them.
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ReplyDeleteNote to Feinstein: The change got a public airing when you and Horizontal Harris orchestrated your smear campaign against Judge Kavanaugh. You just weren't paying attention.