Don’t Forget About Trump’s Judicial Nominees. Another 44 Just Moved Forward.

The Huffington Post ^ | February 7, 2019 | Jennifer Bendery

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It’s hard to keep up with everything going on in Washington, but if there’s one thing constantly humming along in the background, it’s the Republican effort to push through President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to send 44 of Trump’s court picks to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote. That’s a huge number at once; progressive judicial advocacy groups dubbed the committee’s hearing a “monster markup.”

Most of these nominees were introduced in the last Congress but didn’t get confirmed in time, so Republicans are expediting them in one big batch.

Thursday’s action comes as Trump has already drastically reshaped federal courts. To date, he has seen 30 circuit judges, 53 district judges and two Supreme Court justices confirmed. That’s so many circuit judges ― more than any other president had confirmed by this point in his first term ― that 1 in 6 seats on the U.S. circuit courts are now filled by judges nominated by Trump.

But Democrats and progressive groups aren’t just alarmed by the number of Trump’s picks sailing through. Many of these nominees have spent their careers attacking LGBTQ rights, abortion rights and voting rights, and now they’re on their way to holding lifetime seats on federal courts.

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[simpson96]

"...Democrats and progressive groups aren’t just alarmed by the number of Trump’s picks sailing through..."

[SuperLuminal]

To expedite the explosion of leftist heads President Trump needs to send a nomination for RBG’s replacement to the Senate for “stand by” processing...

[spokeshave]

Not true...Trump ignored the 2 CA Senators for his 9th picks.

[angry elephant]

I hope Trump ignores any recommendations from Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell in Washington state so we can get our Washington state 9th Circuit judges replaced. Most notably Judge Robart who is the favorite shopped-for judge by our very lefty AG Ferguson. Most notable Robart blocking Trump’s first travel ban.

[nwrep]

That is not true. A conservative panel led by Jay Sekulow and others scrutinizes their records and approves the names..

[hal ogen]

Great. We must do everything to crush LIBS to dust .

[genghis]

Ya just wait for the third term

[genghis]

Ya just wait for the third term

[NorthMountain]

Many of these nominees have spent their careers attacking LGBTQ rights, abortion rights and voting rights,

So we know what issues the communists are using to promote The Revolution: faggotry, baby-killing, and illegal aliens.

[Irish Eyes]

“The move comes as Republican Sens. Roy Blunt and James Lankford introduced a resolution that would again change the rules to make it easier to confirm district court judges by reducing the time of post-cloture debate from 30 hours to two.”

Thanks.....this really needs to be done.

[zeestephen]

Re: “Not true...Trump ignored the 2 CA Senators for his 9th picks.”

Thanks for the update.

I thought Feinstein and Kamala Harris were just stonewalling the White House.

I see they actually submitted three names to Trump back in October, and Trump ignored them.

However, one of Trump's nominations for the Ninth Circuit is a LGBT activist, which rarely, if ever, means Conservative.

[zeestephen]

Re: “That is not true. A conservative panel led by Jay Sekulow and others scrutinizes their records and approves the names..”

It is a “bi-partisan committee,” and they communicate directly with all the relevant regional Senators before they recommend a nominee.