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charliea

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10. Maybe not, he'd have to nominate new members

Reply to Wednesdays (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 16, 2018, 09:03 PM

Jan 2018

While he seems to be doing a bang up job on nominating judges (horrific though they may be). I think he's being advised to fill the courts to his benefit, the only valid Trump motivation, hundreds of other executive positions requiring Senate approval remain unfilled after year, many with no nominee proposed.

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