Originally published at: The Trump White House Is Trying to Hide Its Judicial Nominees From You - TPM – Talking Points Memo
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Over the last seven weeks, Senate Republicans have picked up the pace in confirming judges whose unifying characteristic is their desperation to demonstrate their loyalty to President Donald Trump above all else. What’s worse, the Senate is processing…
This is the actual hijacking of the entire judicial branch of our democracy by a tyrant with Russian connections. Lifetime appointments. Let that sink in. This is a problem that doesn’t go away with one good election, or several. Democrat senators, and congresspeople aren’t saying anything against this takeover in violation of the founding of our government.
What the hell is going on here?
Mostly from the article:
And perhaps more troubling still is that Committee Democrats haven’t said a thing about it. No one mentioned during Crain and Van Hook’s October 22 hearing about how the public was kept in the dark about their nominations until 48 hours earlier. No one objected to the wanton erosion of yet another institutional norm.
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No told the White House and Committee Republicans on notice that Democrats know what Trump is doing and that this is not the mandated oversight.
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Certainly Senator Chuck Grassley (staunch defender of judicial oversight, ha ha) won’t say anything about it.
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Senate Democrats should speak out against this hijacking, but are a group who has never seen a fight they couldn’t fold from fast enough.
Tell me you’re in the Epstein files without telling me you’re in the Epstein files!
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