“The remarkable pace with which President Joe Biden has sought to remake the federal bench has been put into jeopardy by dual threats: Democratic Senate absences and a Senate rule that gives Republicans the ability to veto district court nominees for courts in their home states,” CNN reports.
“It’s a combination that has Democrats increasingly concerned about the fate of future nominees at a time when the party had hoped to counteract years judiciary transformation under President Donald Trump.”
“The latest blow came last week when Biden’s choice to fill a district court vacancy in Mississippi became the second nominee to be blockaded by the Senate rule, known as the blue slip tradition.”
