President Donald Trump is facing a rare setback in his attempts to reshape the judiciary, as Republicans vocally oppose one of his nominees.
According to Politico, Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO), Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) along with some conservative advocacy groups feel that federal district court nominee Michael Bogren is weak on religious freedom after he once signed a brief siding with a city against a Catholic couple that refused to host a same-sex marriage on their farm.
If Bogren fails confirmation, or Trump is forced to withdraw his name, it would be an unusual setback for the President, who has been remarkably successful in pushing through his nominees.
In this case though, Bogren may get through with Democratic support.
“This is somebody with a 30-year legal career who was strongly recommended by a bipartisan committee in Michigan and he’s a Republican nominee,” Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) said. “I’m surprised that there would be this kind of reaction to him.”
“I’m surprised that there would be this kind of reaction to him,” said Stabenow. Not me. When it comes to conservatism and orthodoxy, there’s always someone more conservative or orthodox, even if you’re Attila the Hun. Hawley, Cruz, et al are just an example.
So I guess that photo is Debbie Stabenow? Who is first mentioned in the last sentence in the article?
TPM: Please please please start captioning your photos.
Since Dems can’t change the rules, they’ll have to settle for the best possible. The Senate is a mess now and I think Dems really should take some responsibilities for that. GOP is hideous but the Reid Rules and some other stuff also opened the Pandora’s box.
I’m gonna disagree with that. The only thing that pissed me off about Reid was that he didn’t pull the trigger on the nuclear option a few years earlier than he did, right when it became clear that Republicans would lock-step block anything and everything.
They were always going to pull the trigger when they were back in charge.
Kate Riga?