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Read Replies (1) | Respond to Democrats Just Confirmed Lots Of Trump’s Judges So They Could Skip Town - ULTRA-WINNING! The resistance wilts in August. Updated 3 hours agohuffingtonpost.com Senate Democrats just gave a huge gift to President Donald Trump : They agreed to expedite votes on 15 of his nominees to lifetime federal court seats because they wanted to go home. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) had lined up votes for all those district court nominees last week. Normally, Senate rules require up to 30 hours of waiting time for each nominee ? something Democrats typically take advantage of to delay action on confirming Trump judges. But Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) cut a deal with McConnell on Tuesday to bypass the wait times and let them all get through.Of the 15 nominees, six were confirmed by voice votes on Tuesday. Another one was confirmed on a recorded vote. The remaining eight will get quick votes next week. many of whom are incredibly anti-abortion, anti–LGBTQ rights and anti–voting rights. Trump has gotten 26 circuit court judges confirmed, more than any other president at this point in his term. Another way of putting it: 1 in 7 U.S. circuit court seats is now filled by a judge nominated by Trump. implicating the president in federal crimes . It would have taken only one Democratic senator to say “no” to letting the nominees through this week, but none did.“Trading this many lifetime positions away for a couple days back home in the dead of August is a metaphor for how myopic the Democrats’ approach has been at this dark moment in history,” said Brian Fallon, who, awkwardly, was previously Schumer’s chief spokesperson. He is now the executive director of Demand Justice, a progressive judicial advocacy group. Dozens of district courts have had vacancies for so long they’re operating at emergency levels , and it has left some of the judges on those courts overwhelmed and struggling with burnout . a master of delaying action on judicial nominees under President Barack Obama. McConnell leaned on every procedural tool in the book to delay or deny votes to Obama’s court picks ? including, of course, denying a confirmation hearing for his Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. Progressive groups desperately want Democrats to play a similar game of hardball, but it hasn’t happened.Adam Jentleson, a top aide to former Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who preceded Schumer as minority leader before retiring in 2017, said the problem “comes down to leadership.” This comes down to leadership. Senate Dem leaders could take a stand and station one senator on the floor at all times to object, forcing McConnell to jump through interminable hurdles & produce 51 votes - twice - for each nominee, likely resulting in fewer lifetime Trump judges. A senior Senate Democratic aide pushed back on the idea that they caved, noting that most of the judges confirmed Tuesday had Democratic support and that some senators would rather be home on the campaign trail. He’s right that most of these district court nominees are uncontroversial. But one of them, Charles Goodwin, was rated “ not qualified ” to be a judge by the American Bar Association. to confirm him anyway.
