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Alina Habba says she 'won't be intimidated' after Senate custom hinders US Attorney nomination

Trump's attorney Alina Habba clashes with Senate lawmakers over blue slip custom that prevents her U.S. attorney nomination from advancing to floor vote.

Salon on MSN · 19h

GOP senator fires back after Trump rages over Alina Habba snub

The post GOP senator fires back after Trump rages over Alina Habba snub appeared first on Salon.com. In Donald Trump’s long-running feud with federal judges, the president has found some support in an unlikely place: the nation’s highest court.

Washington Examiner on MSN · 3d

Alina Habba blames Grassley for stalling Senate nomination with ‘blue slip’ judicial tradition amid New Jersey court battle

Acting New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba blamed Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on Thursday for some of her struggles to keep her job due to his refusal to end a bipartisan tradition on judicial nominees.

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Why Trump is railing against the Senate's blue slip tradition for nominees

President Donald Trump says the Senate's century-old tradition of allowing home state senators to sign off on some federal ...

New Jersey Globe20h

Senate Judiciary chair says that Habba didn’t have the votes for Senate confirmation

When President Donald Trump nominated Alina Habba for a full term as U.S. Attorney on July 1, he ran into a long-standing and ...

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Grassley defends blue-slip rule following Trump criticism

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pushing back on criticism from President Trump, who has railed ...

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Trump attacks own party over support of blue slips: A procedural loophole Democrats can use to block his nominees

The blue slips give Democrats some power to block Trump’s nominations, angering the president despite the procedure having ...

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Judge Rules Alina Habba's Role as U.S. Attorney in New Jersey Was Illegitimate

Credit: Shutterstock When the Law Becomes a Chessboard, the People Always Lose Alina Habba, best known as one of Donald Trump's personal lawyers, was supposed to be the top federal prosecutor in New ...

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