Sen. Al Franken blocks Trumps racist judge and conservatives are flipping out [View all]

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Trump has nominated David Stras, a justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court, to a vacancy on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. He did so in violation of longstanding tradition, declining to meet with or consult Franken or his colleague, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, before selecting a judge from the state they represent.

One of Stras’s most consistent political views is an opposition to school integration. He clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas, helping him write an opinion that called racial diversity a “faddish slogan” and institutional racism a “conspiracy theorist’s belief.” He also attacked a pro-school integration decision of Justice Anthony Kennedy, saying lower court judges put “way too much emphasis” on it.

Franken has blocked Stras from a hearing by refusing to return his “blue slip,” a Senate tradition that dictates when a judge is nominated, both senators from the judge’s state must give their written approval.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is enraged, and has once again raised the possibility, floated for months by the GOP, of another partisan Senate rule change, ending blue slips for appellate court judges.

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Did I mention how much I love Al Franken .