Topic: Trump to inherit more than 100 court vacancies, plans to reshape judiciary (Read 272 times)
December 27, 2016, 04:12:56 AM
This is excellent news! Ever since Barack Obama took power, the Democrats have been politicizing the SCOTUS and the lower courts, by nominating unqualified and unprofessional people. I hope that Trump will put an end to this practice.
December 26, 2016, 08:33:04 PM
Trump to inherit more than 100 court vacancies, plans to reshape judiciary
Read more and watch video at https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-to-inherit-more-than-100-court-vacancies-plans-to-reshape-judiciary/2016/12/25/d190dd18-c928-11e6-85b5-76616a33048d_story.html?utm_term=.8549a0924c35.
The estimated 103 judicial vacancies that President Obama is expected to hand over to Trump in the Jan. 20 transition of power is nearly double the 54 openings Obama found eight years ago following George W. Bush's presidency.
Confirmation of Obama's judicial nominees slowed to a crawl after Republicans took control of the Senate in 2015. Obama White House officials blame Senate Republicans for what they characterize as an unprecedented level of obstruction in blocking the Democratic president's court picks.
Confirmation of Obama's judicial nominees slowed to a crawl after Republicans took control of the Senate in 2015. Obama White House officials blame Senate Republicans for what they characterize as an unprecedented level of obstruction in blocking the Democratic president's court picks.
Read more and watch video at https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-to-inherit-more-than-100-court-vacancies-plans-to-reshape-judiciary/2016/12/25/d190dd18-c928-11e6-85b5-76616a33048d_story.html?utm_term=.8549a0924c35.
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