{"id":33945,"date":"2026-02-10T15:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=33945"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:35:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:35:22","slug":"gop-accelerates-judge-confirmations-as-pressure-builds-to-kill-senate-blue-slip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=33945","title":{"rendered":"GOP Accelerates Judge Confirmations As Pressure Builds To Kill Senate Blue Slip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"372\">Senate Republicans have moved quickly to confirm President <strong data-start=\"59\" data-end=\"100\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Donald Trump<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u2019s judicial nominees, approving six more judges and bringing the total to 33 confirmations early in his second term. The pace outstrips the opening months of Trump\u2019s first presidency and reflects GOP efforts to reshape the federal judiciary while they control the chamber.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"374\" data-end=\"866\">That push has reignited debate over the Senate\u2019s \u201cblue slip\u201d tradition, which allows home-state senators to block or delay nominees. Trump and allies argue the practice gives Democrats undue power to stall confirmations, while Republicans such as <strong data-start=\"621\" data-end=\"662\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Thom Tillis<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and Judiciary Chair <strong data-start=\"683\" data-end=\"724\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Chuck Grassley<\/span><\/span><\/strong> warn that scrapping blue slips could backfire when party control shifts, noting the custom\u2019s century-long role in protecting minority rights.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"868\" data-end=\"1330\">Confirmation totals provide context. Trump confirmed 19 Article III judges in the first year of his initial term (including a Supreme Court justice), compared with 42 in President Biden\u2019s first year. Whether Trump\u2019s second term ultimately surpasses his first-term total of 234 judges remains to be seen, but early momentum is clear\u2014despite blue slips blocking nominees like <strong data-start=\"1242\" data-end=\"1283\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Alina Habba<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1288\" data-end=\"1329\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Lindsey Halligan<\/span><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1332\" data-end=\"1750\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The latest approval underscores the strategy. The Senate confirmed <strong data-start=\"1399\" data-end=\"1440\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Nicholas Ganjei<\/span><\/span><\/strong> to a lifetime judgeship in Houston by a narrow vote. A former U.S. attorney and aide to <strong data-start=\"1529\" data-end=\"1570\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Ted Cruz<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, Ganjei was praised by Trump for his positions on immigration enforcement and law-and-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Republicans have moved quickly to confirm President Donald Trump\u2019s judicial nominees, approving six more judges and bringing the total to 33 confirmations early in his second&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - 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