Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump clinched their 50th circuit court judge in just three years on Wednesday, only five short of President Barack Obama’s record over an eight-year period. And McConnell isn’t done yet.
But Republicans are ready to get tough: Sen. John Thune , McConnell’s top deputy, says if Democrats agree to confirm the judges quickly, they’ll get their judicial picks in blue states like Connecticut, Illinois and New York, the home state of Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. But if Democrats resist, all bets are off.
McConnell’s moves toward record-setting confirmations of young, conservative jurists is part of a two-part strategy he’s executed: Block Obama’s picks in 2015 and 2016, then prioritize confirmations of Trump’s. The relentless focus of using roll call votes to confirm judicial nominees is something relatively new in the modern era, birthed by Democrats filibustering President George W. Bush’s circuit court nominees and accelerated by the GOP blockade of Obama’s picks. To get around those filibusters, former Majority Leader Harry Reid eventually changed the Senate rules in 2013 to gut the filibuster and boost Obama’s numbers.
McConnell. He’s making a joke of you after your hard work for him. Notice how extended YOUR hand is. He needs to exert power over you by making you go towards him. And, you do!
A must read: Mitch McConnell is true evil and is close to destroying our democracy...I don’t know how we turn this around read this artical people
Rigging the courts with gop activist judges.
America, we are in serious danger! We've got to rid ourselves of these devils.
Trump and Mitch McConnell have a very good relationship with Saudi Arabia and they always influence each other. Saudi SaudiArabia
Bahrainis have bad plans, so they want to have warm relations with Israel.
This is why the gop puts up with Trump. They know he’s a moron. They want their judges.
Winning
Winning. Trump is reshaping the courts...
Still a few things on the agenda and then McConnell will not need Trump anymore
With Mitch blocking Obama its really not a fair comparison..
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