NEW: The judicial nomination wars are heating up as Trump increasingly turns to filling appeals court seats in states with Democratic senators:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-nominees/trump-push-for-conservative-judges-intensifies-to-democrats-dismay-idUSKBN1I80WL …
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There are six more appeals court nominees now primed for a final Senate confirmation vote to add to the 15 already confirmed. Four of the six are in states with at least one Democratic senator
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Lawrence Hurley Retweeted Sean Spicer
Appointing as many conservative judges as possible is one of the few issues that everyone in the GOP agrees on right now:https://twitter.com/seanspicer/status/993457988705968129 …
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And on Wednesday, Senate Judiciary Committee is set to move ahead with a hearing for 9th Circuit nominee Ryan Bounds, earmarked for an Oregon seat even though both Oregon senators oppose the nomination
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Lawrence Hurley Retweeted Seung Min Kim
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@seungminkim on the many vacancies Trump has to fill on his bête noire, the 9th Circuit:https://twitter.com/seungminkim/status/993479514834513920 …Lawrence Hurley added,
Seung Min KimVerified account @seungminkimOf the 15 appellate judges Trump got confirmed and the six more who will get votes this week, none are from 9th Circuit, Trump's judicial nemesis. Of eight vacancies in the 9th, Trump has picked just two nominees https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-is-transforming-the-judiciary-but-he-has-yet-to-take-aim-at-the-court-that-annoys-him-most/2018/05/06/53886d30-4f9d-11e8-b966-bfb0da2dad62_story.html?utm_term=.b1ccd544350d …Show this thread2 replies 3 retweets 3 likesShow this thread -
While both Oregon's Democratic senators oppose Trump's nominee earmarked for their state, Hawaii's two Democratic senators are both on board with the nominee set to fill a seat there. Level of White House-Democratic cooperation varies from one vacancy to the next.
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Oregon senators issue statement objecting to the Ryan Bounds confirmation hearing set for Wednesday:pic.twitter.com/j1V3O8O5ih
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