Trump skips Senate tradition, leans on right-wing organizations to help fill federal court seats
Charlie May at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2017/05/11/trump-skips-senate-tradition-leans-on-right-wing-organizations-to-help-fill-federal-court-seats/
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The Trump administration has the ability to leave a lasting influence on the courts by filling vacancies across the country, but the president appears to be bypassing some senators and outsourcing nominations to right-wing groups such as The Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society the same groups that helped draft his list of potential candidates for the Supreme Court.
On Monday President Trump nominated 10 people for federal judgeships and will look to continue to fill an extraordinary number of vacancies, according to NPR. Due to years of Republicans obstructing nominations, there are over 100 open seats that Trump could potentially fill.
Trump has been given the opportunity to fill more than double the vacancies that former President Barack Obama was able to. During his final two years in office, the Senate only confirmed 20 of Obamas nominees. Typically, previous presidents have been able to confirm many more.
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