The Washington Times reports, Senate Democrats blast Trump’s judicial confirmations, cite lack of vetting and diversity:
The ten Democrats on the SenateJudiciary Committee released a 60 page report Thursday blasting Republicans for their rush to confirm “right-wing ideological nominees” with little vetting.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the committee’s ranking member, said President Trump has had more circuit court nominees confirmed in his first 328 days in office than any other president since the circuit court system was created in 1891.
Mr. Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, and Chairman of the Judiciary Committee Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican, have vocalized their commitment to filling the federal bench, which had an unprecedented amount of vacancies when Mr. Trump took office.
The reason for this is the Septuagenarian Ninja Turtle, Mitch McConnell, engaging in the unprecedented and unconstitutional “blockade” of President Obama’s judicial nominees, including his nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Merrick Garland. Republicans falsely claimed this was the “Biden Rule,” In Context: The ‘Biden Rule’ on Supreme Court nominations in an election year. It was in actuality an unconstitutional abuse of power by Sen. Mitch McConnell.