Mitch McConnell and President Trump clinched their 50th circuit court judge in just three years yesterday, only five short of Obama’s record over his entire presidency
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.
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