PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS URGING SENATE MAJORITY LEADER JOHN THUNE OF SOUTH DAKOTA TO END THE CHAMBER’S BLUE SLIP TRADITION.
THE TRADITION ALLOWS SENATORS TO VETO PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES TO DISTRICT COURTS AND U.S. ATTORNEY OFFICES IN THEIR HOME STATE WHICH GIVES THEM MORE INFLUENCE OVER THE PROCESS.
HOWEVER, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RENEWING HIS CALL FOR AN END TO THE COURTESY AND WROTE IN A TRUTH SOCIAL POST THAT IT MAKES IT “IMPOSSIBLE” TO GET “WELL QUALIFIED REPUBLICAN” NOMINEES APPROVED IN STATES WITH A DEMOCRATIC SENATOR.
THE PRESIDENT ALSO CLAIMED BLUE SLIPS WERE ” UNFAIR TO REPUBLICANS, AND NOT CONSTITUTIONAL.”
