Sen. Dick Durbin’s adherence to the blue slip rule has allowed Republicans to hinder the judicial confirmation process.
“Democrats returned more than 130 blue slips during the Trump admin, confirming 84 district judges in states with at least one or two Dem senators,” Bendery wrote on Twitter. “More than two years into the Biden admin, Republicans have returned 13 blue slips. That’s as of last month.”
If both of a nominee's home-state senators turn them in, the nominee gets a hearing. If they don't, no hearing.Chris Kang, the chief counsel for Demand Justice, told Bendery that if Durbin refuses to “reform the outdated blue slip tradition,” he is endorsing “the worst kind of extreme Republican obstructionism.”13 Biden judicial nominees during a hearing scheduled for Thursday.
Sen. Lindsey Graham objected to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s unanimous consent request to replace Feinstein with Sen. Ben Cardin , saying, “This is about a handful of judges that you can’t get the votes for.”, who has urged Feinstein to resign, said in response to the GOP’s obstruction that “the ball is now back in Senator Feinstein’s court to provide a specific timeline of when she can cast votes on judiciary to confirm President Biden’s judges.
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