As the Senate departed for a five-week recess Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hailed the chamber's accomplishments, including a hard-won budget deal that staves off a possible government shutdown. The actions bring to more than 140 the number of judges confirmed by the Senate since
WASHINGTON — As the Senate departed for a five-week recess Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hailed the chamber's accomplishments, including a hard-won budget deal that staves off a possible government shutdown.
Frustrated by delays in confirming dozens of lower-profile nominees, McConnell and Senate Republicans rammed through a rules change this spring that cut back debate on most of Trump's picks. "We realize we don't have votes to stop these people, but Democrats shouldn't lay down and confirm judges in a quick timeline," said Brian Fallon, a former aide to Hillary Clinton and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer who now leads Demand Justice, a progressive group created to counter long-running conservative advocacy on the judiciary.
The batch of judges approved this week includes several who refused during their confirmation hearings to affirm that the Supreme Court decision in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education was correctly decided. The 1954 ruling declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, hailed the Texas judges, especially Jason Pulliam, the first African-American judge in the Western District of Texas, and Jeffrey Brown, a Texas Supreme Court justice. Cornyn served on the state Supreme Court before being elected to the Senate.
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