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President Donald Trump says the Senate’s century-old tradition of allowing home state senators to sign off on some federal ...
Donald Trump lashed out at Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley after the “blue slip” custom was used to block his former personal ...
President Donald Trump and Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley are sparring on social media over whether the Judiciary ...
U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann determined last week that tactics to keep Habba in the office were not "lawful," but placed ...
The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s recent ruling that Alina Habba has unlawfully served as New Jersey’s top ...
Blue slip supporters, which include most Senate Republicans, note two portions of the Constitution that they say clearly allow the process.
The blue slips give Democrats some power to block Trump’s nominations, angering the president despite the procedure having ...
Senators approve of a nominee by returning their blue slip to the Judiciary Committee Chairman. If a senator does not return ...
President Trump is escalating his criticism of Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for his unwillingness ...
The senatorial courtesy prevents partisans such as Alina Habba from becoming U.S. attorneys.
President Donald Trump said he plans to sue California over its planned congressional maps and blue slips by that state and ...
Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump slammed the blue-slip process, which is not a formal Senate rule but a bipartisan ...