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.
With a
sprawling purview representing nine Western states, the appellate court
has long been a thorn in the side of the Trump White House, with
rulings against his travel ban policy and limits on funding to
"sanctuary cities." A lawsuit is currently pending before the 9th Circuit concerning Trump's emergency declaration over border security -- and Trump had sarcastically predicted that Democrats would purposefully file suit in the San Francisco-based appellate court to improve their odds.
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