Goodbye, blue slips!?

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PowerLine
Scott Johnson
Oct. 11, 2017

In news of interest to those of us who have been following the judicial confirmation wars in the Senate in general and in the matter of the nomination of Justice David Stras to the Eighth Circuit in particular, Fred Barnes reports that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has taken the reins, whipped the horse and expedited matters. Fred supplies this bill of particulars (the first of which I have slightly rewritten):

    * McConnell has elevated the confirmation of judicial nominees to a top priority in the Senate. “I decide the priority,” McConnell said in an interview. “Priority between an assistant secretary of State and a conservative court judge—it’s not a hard choice to make.”

More... http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/10/goodbye-blue-slips.php

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PowerLine
Scott Johnson
Oct. 11, 2017

In news of interest to those of us who have been following the judicial confirmation wars in the Senate in general and in the matter of the nomination of Justice David Stras to the Eighth Circuit in particular, Fred Barnes reports that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has taken the reins, whipped the horse and expedited matters. Fred supplies this bill of particulars (the first of which I have slightly rewritten):

    * McConnell has elevated the confirmation of judicial nominees to a top priority in the Senate. “I decide the priority,” McConnell said in an interview. “Priority between an assistant secretary of State and a conservative court judge—it’s not a hard choice to make.”

More... http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/10/goodbye-blue-slips.php

If the blue slips go it's a good thing for America!

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If the blue slips go it's a good thing for America!

Kudos to McConnell if he moves things along. For as long as Trump gives them the sort of nominees they want, they should move things along.