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Home Front: Politix
McConnell Triumphant: Immediately After Impeachment Acquittal Files Cloture On More Judges To Remake Judiciary
2020-02-06
h/t Instapundit
[Daily Wire] - On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wasted no time after the Senate acquitted President Trump in his impeachment trail, immediately filing cloture on a number of judges as he continued his relentless march toward remaking America’s judiciary with a conservative bent. The judges included Andrew Lynn Brasher to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, Joshua M. Kindred to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska, Matthew Thomas Schelp to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, John Fitzgerald Kness to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, and Philip M. Halpern to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York.
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#7  This will be his legacy that changes America.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2020-02-06 11:42  

#6  blue slips are were a courtesy. Feinstein and Harris were bypassed last round
Posted by: Frank G   2020-02-06 11:34  

#5  Just for fun, current vacancies include:

NY – 8
CA – 16
IL – 5
NJ – 6
WA - 5

That's 40 (out of a total 72) in deep blue states. These will be hard to fill. Hard core ideologues would rather they stay empty than be filled by Trump.
Posted by: Iblis   2020-02-06 11:01  

#4  "Of course you realize, this means war!"--Bugs Bunny.
Push Mitch McConnell too far and the gloves come off.
Posted by: magpie   2020-02-06 10:03  

#3  Nope. Still not tired of winning.

Feels very good after decades of the stupid party (R) fucking shit up.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-02-06 09:42  

#2  Brasher will replace Edward Earl Carnes, a Bush appointee. After that there is one circuit vacancy on the 5th. That's it. There are many 70 and 80 year old Clinton appointees still on the federal circuit courts. They are no doubt holding out until after the election. If Trump wins, we will likely see another wave of retirements.

There are also 72 district court vacancies, but these are less exciting. The Senate is still honoring blue slip[s for district court nominees, which means blue state judges must be acceptable to Democratic Senators.
Posted by: Iblis   2020-02-06 09:14  

#1  Stupid f---ing Dems wrongfooted again.

"But hey, we had all the great Twitter memes!"
Posted by: Lex   2020-02-06 02:57  

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