During the Obama administration, @SenateGOP blocked 18 judicial nominees through blue slips, including six circuit court nominees. @ChuckGrassley, in a new low, will now disregard the tradition to help Trump take over the federal bench. This is shameful.http://politi.co/2yOgP7a
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Here are the circuit court nominees – all women and people of color – who Republican senators blocked in 2016 (last year!) by refusing to return their blue slips:
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Rebecca Haywood would have been the first African-American woman on the 3rd Circuit.
@SenToomey refused to return his blue slip and blocked her nomination.2 replies 65 retweets 55 likesShow this thread -
Lisabeth Hughes would have been the first woman from Kentucky on the 6th Circuit.
@SenateMajLdr refused to return his blue slip and blocked her nomination.1 reply 62 retweets 46 likesShow this thread -
Abdul Kallon would have been the first African American from Alabama on the 11th Circuit. Jeff Sessions and
@SenShelby refused to return their blue slips, blocking his nomination.2 replies 58 retweets 48 likesShow this thread -
Myra Selby would have been the first African American and first woman from Indiana on the 7th Circuit.
@SenDanCoats refused to return his blue slip and blocked her nomination.3 replies 64 retweets 60 likesShow this thread
Make no mistake: @ChuckGrassley’s irresponsible hypocrisy on blue slips is just the latest example of his complicity in rubber stamping @realDonaldTrump’s judicial nominees.
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