Trump could remake judiciary for ‘40 years’ — with controversial picks
Senate Republicans are rallying behind Trump’s judicial nominees, including those considered unqualified or with explosive views.
By SEUNG MIN KIM
10/17/2017 05:05 AM EDT
President Donald Trump has nominated 50 candidates to lifetime appointments to the federal bench — including a man who asserted transgender children were evidence of “Satan’s plan,” one deemed unqualified by the American Bar Association and a handful of prolific bloggers.
And the GOP has unanimously stuck by Trump’s judges. Senate Republicans have cleared judicial nominees at a comparatively rapid clip this year — even as the conservative base has complained they’re not moving fast enough — and are planning to pick up the pace even more in the coming months.
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