Trump and Senate Republicans violate norms on judicial appointments

update 10/18/18

The Kavanaugh fight showed the GOP will stop at nothing to steal the courts for a generation. Grassroots progressives realize it and are fighting mad. Senate Democrats better get the memo.https://t.co/h9YGY1pzgm

— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 18, 2018

White House nominations to 9th Circuit set off firestorm

Trump defies California senators as he nominates attorneys to the 9th Circuit https://t.co/kqIpCLXZ4l

— Salon (@Salon) October 13, 2018

The Trump Administration is trying to pack the courts for years to come. We will fight this. https://t.co/d1bOOVDtMJ

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 14, 2018

I hope the next Democratic president acts like this too since Republicans don’t care about how to respect Senators.

Then there’s the deal Democrats made with the Republicans to enable 15 judicial picks to go forward. Now Republicans want more. You can’t trust them. They only understand brute power.

Sen. Tester said he's "tickled pink" that the Senate reached a deal on judges (he needs to campaign). But liberal activists are furious: "A bitter pill to swallow so soon after the Kavanaugh fight," says @cdkang76 https://t.co/U3WuDCuQxj

— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) October 11, 2018

Last week, Senate Dems agreed to fast-track 15 Trump judges in exchange for recessing for the rest of October.
But it turns out the Senate GOP is moving forward with even more Trump judges later this month anyway.
Great negotiating, @SenateDems! https://t.co/jUziFgBuFR

— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 15, 2018

The article on the deal states:

“One nominee Democrats loathed, Thomas Farr for a federal district court judgeship in North Carolina, was left out of the package.”

I wonder if he is included in the new hearings.

Senate Democrats raised specific alarms about moving ahead on “controversial” nominees to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals whom Trump tapped last week https://t.co/3EXuCjjTff

— POLITICO (@politico) October 15, 2018

The NRA is happy with Trump’s judges

.@realDonaldTrump is smashing the record for appointing judges to the federal appeals court. This is a victory for gun rights. Gun owners are facing overwhelming opposition from anti-gun activists and politicians, and this is EXACTLY what we need. https://t.co/MgMJK1KLQE

— NRA (@NRA) October 18, 2018

Trump's 84 judges confirmed (53 district, 29 circuit, 2 SCOTUS) is an unusually high number for a president's first two years. By contrast, Obama got 62 judges confirmed in his first two years (44 district, 16 circuit, 2 SCOTUS).https://t.co/iBUnjSlzIJ

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 16, 2018

Trump and Senate Republicans violate norms on judicial appointments

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