Summary

Two Democratic-appointed federal judges have unretired after the 2024 election, preventing Trump from appointing replacements.

The judges’ decisions were influenced by the Senate’s “blue slip” policy, which requires support from home-state senators for presidential nominees.

Republican leaders, including Mitch McConnell, have criticized the judges’ actions as partisan, while Democrats are rushing to confirm as many judges as possible before Trump takes office.

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      1 month ago

      Tell that to Republicans and who they put on the SC. Yes judges SHOULD be nonpartisan, but the highest court in the land is a fucking cesspool of corruption. Any judiciary left should be protected against their tyranny.

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        1 month ago

        Yeah at the very list ACB and the boofing guy should get gone

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      1 month ago

      Nothing is non-partisan. Conservatives attack reality, truth, and science, because these compete with their worldview.

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        1 month ago

        If you look at my post history, I consider(ed) myself a non-Christian conservative.

        I just want a functioning government, man. The only way to fix conservatives is to have a leftist party so center is center again.

        My views haven’t changed. I shouldn’t be aligning more and more with democrats.

        And Donald Trump should not be president of the US. Mitch McConnell violates senate norms. The federal government is a laughing stock. Instead of subverting laws as a norm, we need to enforce existing laws.