Posted on 02/15/2018 11:41:40 AM PST by Liberty7732
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday angrily protested Chairman Chuck Grassley's decision to vote on one of President Trumps nominees to a federal appeals court position, over objections from a Democratic senator from the nominee's home state.
Under Senate tradition, home-state senators have had the right to delay or veto nominees before they are taken up in committee, and the process has started only after these senators have returned their "blue slip" on the nominee.
But on Thursday, Grassley's committee ignored that tradition and approved the nomination of Michael Brennan of Wisconsin to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a party-line vote. That vote and last month's confirmation hearing for Brennan happened even though Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., had not returned her blue slip.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
So basically the party which cheats at every election now are bitching at the same process which they used to do normally during the obamatard years..
Agree!! About damn time.
Thank you, Chuck Grassley.
Please send some testosterone to McTurtle.
The Democrats are abusing that “tradition” so they should be ignored.
He wouldn’t know what to do with it..............
Democrats should be ignored, except when they can be punished.
Traditions die hard during wartime.
He should do the same for the DOJO nominees being held up by republican Cory Gardner.
It’s been ignored before...shouldn’t even exist...we are not a one Senator takes all
We might take those traditions more seriously if they had valid arguments as to why the nominee is bad. There is not a single nominee from Trump who will not be objected to by democrats no matter what. “Trump nominated him, I don’t like Trump, therefore he is bad” is not an argument.
Traditions die hard during wartime.
Tyranny of the minority... this blue slip nonsense has to go. This is a federal court, not a state court.
My Give-a-$hit Meter just pegged out!
Grassley told em awhile ago about how blue-slips will be handled.
and they are shocked when he does what he said he was going to do ?
Thanks for posting the link. Senator Grassley clearly laid out the justification for his handling of blue slips.
Thank-you!
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