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B2G

(9,766 posts)
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 12:56 PM Jun 2017

With all eyes continuing to focus on Russia, what is going on in the Judiciary?

This. I haven't seen much discussion on this.

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Donald Trump Is In The Perfect Position To Dramatically Remake The Courts

With 100+ judicial vacancies and a Senate eager to fill them, conservatives are salivating.
By Jennifer Bendery , Alissa Scheller


WASHINGTON ― Most days, it seems like President Donald Trump is sabotaging his own agenda, one tweet at a time. But the White House has been quietly plowing ahead in one area that will affect generations of people: the courts.

Trump is unbelievably well-positioned to fill up federal courts with lifetime judges. He inherited a whopping 108 court vacancies when he became president ― double the number of vacancies President Barack Obama inherited when he took office.

The reason Trump gets to fill so many seats is partly because Obama was slow to fill court vacancies early in his tenure. But the main reason is Republicans’ years-long strategy of denying votes to Obama’s court picks. They refused to recommend judicial nominees, filibustered others, used procedural rules to drag out the confirmation process and, by Obama’s final year, blocked nominees they had recommended just to prevent him from filling more seats.

Court vacancies have only increased since Trump took office, as older judges have steadily retired. Trump has already nominated more than three times as many judges as Obama had at this point in his presidency ― 21 compared with six for Obama.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-judicial-nominees-federalist-society_us_59497166e4b04c5e50256f0c

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With all eyes continuing to focus on Russia, what is going on in the Judiciary? (Original Post) B2G Jun 2017 OP
DON'T TELL ME THERE IS NO DIFF BETWEEN THE PARTIES! Stay home again at your own peril. nikibatts Jun 2017 #1
Yep. B2G Jun 2017 #2
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