Trump has had tremendous success with judicial appointments. He is literally transforming the judiciary into a more conservative body for a generation or more. Democrats in the Senate are beginning to take heat.
The Liberal Huffington Post reports:
Democrats Just Confirmed Lots Of Trump’s Judges So They Could Skip Town
Senate Democrats just gave a huge gift to President Donald Trump: They agreed to expedite votes on 15 of his nominees to lifetime federal court seats because they wanted to go home.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) had lined up votes for all those district court nominees last week. Normally, Senate rules require up to 30 hours of waiting time for each nominee ― something Democrats typically take advantage of to delay action on confirming Trump judges. But Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) cut a deal with McConnell on Tuesday to bypass the wait times and let them all get through.
Why? So Democrats could get back to campaigning and focusing on winning re-election in November. The Senate is now out of session until next Tuesday.
Of the 15 nominees, six were confirmed by voice votes on Tuesday. Another one was confirmed on a recorded vote. The remaining eight will get quick votes next week.
It’s a major win for Trump and McConnell, whose No. 1 priority is filling up federal courts with conservative judges ― many of whom are incredibly anti-abortion, anti–LGBTQ rights and anti–voting rights.
The left is not happy:
Brutal comment from @brianfallon — Chuck Schumer's former spokesman — about Dems caving and letting 15 of Trump's judges through https://t.co/HRRrBZ4ttF pic.twitter.com/fUoyu3WcIF
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) August 29, 2018
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This is a huge and positive development for the country. We need judges who believe in the Constitution as written.
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