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One of the Biggest Reasons Republicans Stick by Trump
They blocked Obama’s court nominees for years. Now they’re filling those seats, starting a huge shift rightward for the judiciary.
By Paul Barrett
and David Ingold
July 10, 2017, 3:00 AM CDT
Although he’s been thwarted so far on his legislative agenda before Congress, most notably on health care, President Donald Trump has a big opportunity to reshape another branch of government outside his control: the federal judiciary. He has already moved swiftly to fill an unusual, inherited vacancy on the Supreme Court, and now his aides are working their way through a large number of openings on the lower federal courts. Some of his first picks are up for a Senate committee vote this month.
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