SINCE Senator Flake has publicly announced that he will NO LONGER “consent” to judicial nominations based on the qualifications of those nominees — THEN hasn’t he publicly RESIGNED from the Senate’s Judiciary Committee?
IMHO, Senator McConnell should now tell Senator Flake:
“Since you won’t do the work required of all members of the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, you’re fired!”.
Doesn’t matter. They can move nominations to the floor without approval in the U S Senate Judiciary Committee.