Republicans trash blue slip tradition

Senate voting now to confirm Eric Miller to the Ninth Circuit in the state of Washington — who’ll be the first judge ever confirmed (either circuit or district) with both blue slips missing (in other words, over the objections of both home-state senators)

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) February 26, 2019

Grassley started it. Lindsey Graham, dropping the last vestiges of his decency, completed it. All at McConnell’s direction. https://t.co/9ugDt1IRZL

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) February 28, 2019

Could not agree more with @WeDemandJustice righteous analysis of blue slips. When only one party follows a norm, that norm is no longer a norm, and the party who fails to realize that is a sucker. https://t.co/XxAfzLyDO1

— Aaron Belkin (@AaronBelkin) January 12, 2022

Some of these vacancies are in states where GOP senators refused to return a "blue slip"-an arcane Senate procedure-& prevented highly qualified judicial & US Atty nominees from confirmation. Time for the WH to ignore this political obstruction & get these nominees a vote. https://t.co/SD92SBMxdp

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) November 13, 2022

Totally agree w/@JoyceWhiteVance, but the biggest issue is the Blue Slip tradition of the Judiciary Committee which allows a Senator to block a nominee from their state, thus the lack of US Attys in the South. It’s time to get rid of the damn Blue Slip for US Attys & US Marshalls https://t.co/5xUS8e8THf

— Doug Jones (@DougJones) November 20, 2022