Posted on 10/12/2018 2:10:20 AM PDT by Helicondelta
After months of negotiations and delays, the White House is moving to fill California’s three vacancies on the influential 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — over the strenuous objections of the state’s two Democratic senators.
President Trump’s nominees for the appeals court — litigators Daniel Collins and Kenneth Lee and Assistant United States Attorney Patrick Bumatay — are all based in Southern California, are prominent members of the conservative Federalist Society, and have worked for Republican administrations.
None of the three were approved by Feinstein or Harris via a process known as a “blue slip,” the senators’ offices confirmed Thursday.
“Last night the White House moved forward without consulting me, picking controversial candidates from its initial list and another individual with no judicial experience who had not previously been suggested,” Feinstein said in a statement.
“Instead of working with our office to identify consensus nominees for the 9th Circuit, the White House continues to try to pack the courts with partisan judges who will blindly support the President’s agenda, instead of acting as an independent check on this Administration,” Lily Adams, Harris’ communications director, said in a statement.
Traditionally, presidents have deferred to home state senators when nominating federal judges, agreeing not to nominate people unless those senators returned their blue slip in support of the prospective judge.
President Trump and Senate Republicans, however, have done away with that custom, angering Democrats as they pushed forward controversial nominees for appeals court posts in Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Democrats have no problem defying customs and norms.
He’s like a shark....he never sleeps & he never stops swimming.
Talk about gall!
Excellent.
Nuking the obsolete notion of the “blue slip” is especially tasty when it’s right in Chine-Stein’s face.
That stupid news article sounds as if Trump needs to first run names by two people before he nominates them to whatever court.
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This is the way Leftist Totalitarian Fascists work.
They put out a lie as the truth. Then beat Conservatives up about it.
Conservatives try to defend themselves from the content of the lie, instead of saying: IT’S A LIE. THEY ARE LYING.
Therefore conservatives often lose.
Stay in the process, not the content and you will win and beat the Alinsky tactics.
The ninth circuit court is already packed partisan leftist judges. It needs some balance.
Obama packed the whole establishment with liberals. DOJ,Courts,FBI,CIA....
Not a word from the left about that..... Outside of golfing, that was his legacy!
Hey Feinstein, paybacks are a bitch, speaking of which....or is it witch.
Pretty good indicator that internals are indicating Repubs will definitely hold/increase the Senate size. No issue pissing them off.
Yup...actions have consequences, Senators Feinstein and Harris.
It is about time!!! Elections have consequences or so said a previous demo_ratic President. I have no sympathy for the left. They want to use government to shove an ideological world down the throats of America, then they can suffer when the same is done in return.
Winning! Thank you President Trump for eliminating the blue slip for judicial nominations in California.
JoMa
Feinstein: Last night the White House moved forward without consulting me, picking controversial candidates from its initial list and another individual with no judicial experience who had not previously been suggested,”>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I wonder why? What goes around comes around.
Now she will trip the Conservative light fantastic as she rotates.
Looks good!
Get rid of blue slips. The Ninth Circuit is a disgrace.
Good—litigation skills will be needed to survive on the 9th Circus!
Blue slip? Is that worn under the blue dress? Waiting on the blue wave?
The ninth circuit has been a disaster for years, and Trump is perfectly justified in making his nominations.
What if the Court were moved to Nevada or Arizona instead?
-PJ
Dear Liberal California Senators:
There are more states in the 9th Circuit than just your state so go sit down
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