Showing posts with label blue slips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blue slips. Show all posts
Thursday, May 17, 2018

Senate Democrats Again Attack Judicial Nominees for Not Sharing Personal Views

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Perhaps realizing that their ahistorical and inaccurate laments over the death of the blue slip tradition last week were ineffective, during...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

Today in Judicial Confirmations: Brennan Confirmed to 7th Circuit; Democrats Continue to Argue Blue Slip History

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Today, the Senate confirmed Judge Michael Brennan to the Seventh Circuit and invoked cloture on Joel Carson (Tenth Circuit) and John Nalba...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Circuit Judge Week: Bounds Hearing Complete, Engelhardt Confirmed & Cloture Filed in Brennan Nomination

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As we highlighted earlier this week , this is an important week for many of President Trump's judicial nominees, especially circuit cour...
Monday, May 7, 2018

Big Week in Judicial Confirmations

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This week is a busy and important one for judicial confirmations.  First, the Senate is taking confirmation votes on six excellent circuit c...
Thursday, April 19, 2018

Judicial Confirmation Expert Carrie Severino to Speak at National Policy Conference

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We are pleased to have Carrie Severino speak on one of our breakout panels on "Restoring the Rule of Law to the Judiciary" at RNL...
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Chairman Chuck Grassley: "Trailblazing Judges Confirmed Despite Delay Tactics"

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In Law360 yesterday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley noted the vital importance of judicial nominees who are committed to...
Friday, February 16, 2018

The Senate Blue Slip Saga Continues

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Senate Democrats continue to wish that the blue slip courtesy was a rule of the Senate. However, it is not a formal rule--never was a rule--...
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

David Stras Confirmed to 8th Circuit with Votes of 7 Democrats

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This afternoon, the Senate confirmed Minnesota Supreme Court Justice David Stras to serve on the Eighth Circuit.  David Stras had been the ...
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Chairman Grassley Has Not Done Away with Blue Slips, But Won't Let Democrats Play Politics with Judicial Nominations

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During today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Michael Brennan, nominated for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Democrat...
Wednesday, January 10, 2018

President Trump's Superb First Year of Judicial Nominations

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Ed Whelan writes about President Trump's superb judicial nominees during his first year in office in the January issue of National Revie...
Thursday, November 30, 2017

Yet Another Reason Why Senator Franken Should Resign

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Predictably, CNN has an article promoting the Democrats' point of view on blue slips, including quotes from an outraged Senator Franke...
Tuesday, November 28, 2017

People Are Missing the Senate's Huge and Important Success on Judges

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There is a lot of criticism of Senate leadership and most of it is highly debatable and arguably undeserved.  What is not debatable is that...
Thursday, November 16, 2017

Chairman Grassley: President Trump's Judicial Nominees Entitled to a Fair Shake, too

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Chairman Chuck Grassley of the Senate Judiciary Committee has been discussing his blue slip process over the last couple days. He penned an ...
Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Various Factors Affect Schedule for Judicial Nominees in Senate

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President Trump's White House continues sending excellent judicial nominees to the Senate for consideration.  While everyone wants his o...
Thursday, July 13, 2017

Democrats Obstruct and Delay Trump's Nominees

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RNLA Executive Director Michael Thielen wrote today in the Daily Caller about how Senate Democrats are obstructing and delaying President T...