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MAGA senator plots path to 'ditch' practice Trump hates against will of GOP
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida on July 22, 2022 (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)
The Blue Slip Fight Is About Power, Not Procedure
A Veto Trump Cannot Control
Politico reports that Donald Trump has pressed Senate Republicans to abolish the “blue slip,” a Judiciary Committee tradition allowing home-state senators to block district court judges, U.S. attorneys and federal marshals they oppose. The immediate question is whether Sen. Mike Lee, if Republicans retain the Senate in the midterms and he becomes Judiciary Committee chair, would change that practice. Lee told…
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