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Trump urges Senate judiciary chair Chuck Grassley to disregard blue slip tradition

President Donald Trump on Sunday urged the Senate judiciary committee chairman to disregard a federal official confirmation ...

Grassley defends ‘blue slips’ amid latest Trump criticism

The Judiciary Committee chair, and his fellow Republicans, have so far brushed off pressure from the president to nix the ...

Trump urges Senate judiciary chair Grassley to disregard blue slip tradition

Iowa, has previously rejected President Donald Trump’s calls to disregard the federal official confirmation tradition. The ...

Trump tells Grassley to tell Democrats 'go to HELL' over blocked judicial nominees in Senate

Trump calls Senate's blue slip tradition unconstitutional, claiming it gives Democrats veto power over his judicial nominees ...

Trump wants the Senate to scrap the 'blue slip.' Republicans aren't interested.

Senators are fiercely protective of the longstanding precedent that gives them deference over who serves as U.S. attorneys ...

Trump ratchets up ‘blue slip’ battle with Grassley

President Trump is escalating his criticism of Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for his unwillingness ...

Trump Eyes Lawsuit Over Blue Slips as Grassley Defends Senate Tradition

Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump slammed the blue-slip process, which is not a formal Senate rule but a bipartisan ...

Trump again urges Grassley to end ‘blue slip’ tradition on judicial nominations

President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to end the “blue slip” tradition in the upper chamber in ...

Blue slips are a Senate tradition worth keeping

The senatorial courtesy prevents partisans such as Alina Habba from becoming U.S. attorneys.