US EditionTrump Pressures Thune over ‘Blue Slips,’ Attorney Nominations
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune stated that more Republican senators wish to keep the blue slip process than support President Trump's push to eliminate it.
- President Trump criticized the blue slip process, claiming it is unfair and blocks qualified Republican nominees.
- Alina Habba resigned as acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey after her position was ruled as unlawfully held, highlighting legal challenges faced by Trump appointees.
- Both political parties show reluctance to change the blue slip tradition, as it allows them to block nominees they oppose, according to Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
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What Are 'Blue Slips' and Why Is Trump Fighting to End Them?
President Donald Trump has renewed his plea for the Senate’s century-old “blue slip” process to be axed in a bid to ensure his U.S. district court nominations, along with those for U.S. attorneys’ offices, can proceed without being blocked by home-state Senators. “‘Blue slips’ are making it impossible to get great Republican judges and U.S. attorneys approved to serve in any state where there is even a single Democrat Senator,” bemoaned Trump on…
Insane 'blue slip' tradition nukes another highly qualified conservative US atty · American Wire News
Alina Habba took to social media to call attention to the resignation of another highly qualified conservative U.S. Attorney. Habba, who resigned this week as U.S. attorney for New Jersey after a panel of activist judges decided she was serving in her position unlawfully, blasted the “broken” blue slip tradition in the Senate. “Another resignation from a well qualified US Attorney,” Habba posted. “This should not be happening. Julianne Murray wa…
Trump pressures Senate to end blue slip process, attacks Democrats for blocking nominees
Donald Trump lashed out on Truth Social Thursday, demanding Senate Majority Leader John Thune end the blue slip process that he claims is blocking his judicial and U.S. attorney nominees. Trump called the practice a scam and accused Democrats — and compliant Republicans — of preventing the confirmation of qualified conservatives, framing it as both unfair and unconstitutional. The Blue Slip process is a Senate tradition used in the confirmation …
Grassley Responds to Trump Criticism Over 'Blue Slip' Agreement Stonewalling US Attorney Confirmations, Blames Noem
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley responded to Trump’s criticism over the ‘blue slip’ agreement stonewalling the confirmations of the president’s US Attorneys.
Sen. Thune Will Not Ditch the Blue Slip
President Trump urged the Senate Republicans to ditch the blue slip, especially after seeing how many leftist judges there are who are killing his agenda. President Trump sounded the alarm to Senate Republicans and Chuck Grassley who are allowing Democrats to block his judge and US attorney nominations through the “blue slip tradition.” END IT, […] The post Sen. Thune Will Not Ditch the Blue Slip appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.
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