As the clock ticks on the opportunity to confirm President Trump’s remaining judicial nominees, three GOP senators appear poised to ensure at least some are defeated.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump’s remaining judicial nominees will die on the vine once Democrats seize control of the chamber in January.
Confirming all of the federal judicial nominations Trump has sent over would require just over 200 hours of floor time, and that is judges only, not counting the other executive branch nominees still waiting.
The Senate, though, is currently scheduled to be in session for only 20 days before the end of the year.
To make things worse, outgoing RINO Senators John Cornyn of Texas, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, and Alan Armstrong of Oklahoma are combining forces to screw over Trump and potentially hand the next Democratic President several empty seats to fill with radical appointees.
For example, Cornyn is refusing to support T. Elliot Gaiser, whom Trump has nominated for a federal judgeship in Dallas. Gaiser currently leads the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel.
The Senate’s blue slip process allows the home-state senators of a judicial nominee to note whether they approve or disapprove of the nominee and return the slip to the committee. The Senate Judiciary Chairman generally requires both senators to sign off before a nominee can move forward.
Unless Cornyn changes his mind and gives in his blue slip, the nomination will not advance.
Armstrong has reversed course on supporting Zach West, an attorney in the state attorney general’s office who has championed pro-life causes and religious-school participation in public charter programs.
Armstrong had previously returned his blue slip to the committee indicating his support for West.
But Tillis then joined in opposition, which means West lacks enough votes to advance through committee.
“When I’ve got two Republicans from the state telling me to move on it, I move on it,” Tillis said. “If I have one or more asking me not to, then I’m not.”
Armstrong is scheduled to leave the Senate on November 30, when Republican Senator-elect Kevin Hern will replace him. Hern could support West’s nomination and change the political situation, though.
But Tillis’s statement unnecessarily gives several other RINO senators leverage in the coming days to force Trump to either nominate less conservative nominees or leave them unfilled.
Two people we can all thank for this predicament are current Senate Majority Leader (and future Minority Leader) John Thune and Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley.
Grassley has stubbornly refused to do away with the blue slip process, which would give the White House far more leverage on judicial nominees.
Meanwhile, Thune decided to wait until the last minute before scheduling votes.
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