[HokieMom]

I wonder if this ‘blue slip’ procedure is one that McConnell can change.

[House Atreides]

The Judiciary Committee Chairman can end it.

[jazusamo]

Yep, it’s the blue-slip rule and can be changed by a simple majority Senate vote.

[gibsonguy]

I wonder if this ‘blue slip’ procedure is one that McConnell can change.

Yes. There’s nothing to prevent it being waved and It’s high time. It’s more tradition than rule.

[hinckley buzzard]

The blue slip is a tradition that began not all that long ago, a vestige of the time when the senate pretended to be a club whose members enjoyed mutual respect. McConnell could change it tomorrow. He should. But he won't.

[Sacajaweau]

There's certainly precedence for continuing with the nomination process. They've fiddled with this rule so many times, one more time won't hurt.

I'm betting it can be changed.