This article says he didn’t do it. Which is true, I wonder. I will have to carefully read each article in entirety to have a clue. “News” is so strangely written and full of lies/bias/innuendo, and the rules of the Senate are so arcane, I may still not know after reading both articles.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3594068/posts
Mitch McConnell Is Keeping The Senate Rule That Lets Dems Block Trump’s Judges
Yes, I read the Huffpo article and guess we’ll have to wait to see who’s being truthful.
Another piece says the decision rests with Sen. Grassley, Chair of Judicial Committee.
This will be a hot topic in the next few days.
It’s not a Senate ‘rule’. It’s a custom in the Judiciary Committee, and its implementation has varied over time.
McConnell isn’t a strong enough leader to insult Grassley by removing Grassley’s decision as to how to apply the blue slip custom. Grassley is far friendlier to the Trump agenda than McConnell. Any allowance or disallowance of the blue slip custom is far better off in Grassley’s hands than in McConnell’s.