McConnell promises to speed pace on judicial nominees

Associated Press ^ | Oct 11, 2017 9:05 PM EDT | Andrew Taylor

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The Senate’s top Republican, facing increasing pressure from conservative groups, is seeking to upend a longstanding Senate tradition in order to speed the confirmation pace on a backlog of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees.

Conservative activists such as the Judicial Crisis Network have been increasingly frustrated with the slow pace on judicial nominees. The influential group had threatened to run ads against Majority Leader Mitch McConnell starting this week but backed off after winning assurances from the Kentucky Republican that the pace will quicken.

McConnell has also announced in media interviews that the Senate should no longer abide by a longstanding tradition that home-state senators must sign off on a judge before a Senate vote. In a Wednesday article in the conservative Weekly Standard, McConnell promised that “regardless of what tactics are used by Democrats, the judges are going to be confirmed.” […]

… Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has made it clear he’s abiding by the arcane tradition. “Chairman Grassley has told me he will respect the blue slip tradition, just as I did,” said former Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. “I trust him to keep his word.” …

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Uh, huh.

[Dr. Sivana]

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These loser repubs hate President Trump and hate you. What seditious losers.

[Hawthorn]

Let’s hope he doesn’t speed up the process, because if he does, we will have one less excuse to hate on him.