McConnell preps judicial confirmation frenzy
The transformation of the federal judiciary has been one of the early successes of Donald Trump’s presidency.
By SEUNG MIN KIM and JOSH GERSTEIN 10/26/2017 01:53 PM EDT Updated 10/26/2017 05:30 PM EDT
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is launching a circuit court confirmation blitz.
The top Senate Republican on Thursday teed up votes to install four nominees to the powerful appellate courts, which give the final word on the vast majority of cases that don’t reach the Supreme Court.
The nominees are Allison Eid for the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; Stephanos Bibas for the 3rd Circuit; Joan Larsen for the 6th Circuit; and Amy Coney Barrett for the 7th Circuit. Eid and Larsen are among the names Donald Trump floated during the presidential campaign last year as potential Supreme Court picks, adding more significance to their confirmations to the appellate courts.
“By confirming these nominees we can take a big step toward restoring our nation’s courts to their proper role: interpreting and applying the law based on what it actually says, not what a judge wishes it might say,” McConnell said on the Senate floor. “It’s quite a departure from the last administration’s philosophy when it came to selecting judicial nominees.”
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