Trump appoints judge to 9th Circuit in CA

9th Circuit gets another Trump-picked judge after White House bypasses consultation with Dems – birdpuk

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Trump’s nominee to be a judge on the liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a party-line vote — and, in a historic snub, the White House ignored the input of the judge’s two Democratic home-state senators in the process.

The aggressive and unprecedented move to bypass the traditional “blue slip” consultation process and plow ahead with the confirmation comes as the Trump administration seeks to systematically erode left-wing dominance on the key appellate court, which Trump has called “disgraceful” and politically biased.

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9th Circuit gets another Trump-picked judge after White House bypasses consultation with Dems – birdpuk

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