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Fact : Trump winning -- Willett ever end? Don Surber by Don Surber President Trump set the rookie record for the most appellate judge appointments in a new president's first year in office. Already, he has gotten the Senate to confirm nine, shattering Reagan's record of eight. With six weeks left until the anniversary of his election, Trump has another nine nominees awaiting Senate approval. That includes Justice Don Willett of Texas, whose tweets have delighted followers for some time. Justice Don Willett?Verified account @JusticeWillett I could support recognizing a constitutional right to marry bacon On Thursday, the judiciary committee approved three nominations. From the Washington Examiner: The full Senate will now consider the nominations of Steven Grasz of Nebraska to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, and Texans James C. Ho, and Don Willett to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. The committee voted 11-9 along partisan lines to pass them out of committee.Al Franken took time out from his lengthy resignation process to vote against the three judges. They did not meet the high standards of the Senate's answer to Anthony Weiner. Democrats are not happy with the pace of the committee. From the Hill: Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee chastised their Republican colleagues on Thursday, accusing them of rushing President Trump’s judicial nominees through the confirmation process.Ranking member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said it was the fastest confirmation pace for circuit court nominees she could remember in her 25 years on the committee.“I want to point out that it’s a marked contrast to the traditional rate of confirmations,” she said. “For example, last week marked the fourth hearing since May when two circuit court nominees were on the agenda the same day. That’s four times in six months, yet this committee only held three hearings with two circuit court nominees in all eight years of the Obama administration.” Democrats controlled the committee for the first six of those eight years -- and Republicans deliberately slowed the process to allow the next president to nominate more judges. And that is being done.