The Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Trump's nominee to be a judge on the liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a party-line vote -- and, in a historic snub, the White House ignored the input of the judge's two Democratic home-state senators in the process.
The aggressive and unprecedented move to bypass the traditional "blue slip" consultation process and plow ahead with the confirmation comes as the Trump administration seeks to systematically erode left-wing dominance on the key appellate court, which Trump has called "disgraceful" and politically biased
Nothing like plugging a few conservatives into the cogs of the 9th circuit court. Odd are going to be that some major decision before that court will end up with a 2-1 conservative majority and the result will something.... well adult!
When this is all said and done (at least two more 9th circuit court openings) there will almost as many GOP nominated judges as there are Democratic. That being said, most of those previous GOP nominate judges were either watered down conservatives, moderates, or even liberals. This is due to the fact that these blue slips have prevented a Republican President from really putting a decent conservative on the court.
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