Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley canceled imminent votes for President Trump’s latest judicial nominees.
Insiders expected the committee to advance six of the president’s nominees to Circuit Courts and 15 to District Courts. (The Daily Caller)
The cancellation is occurring as outgoing Republican Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake pledged to oppose all judicial nominations until Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell schedules a vote on Flake’s bill protecting special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation. Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, however, has not explicitly said if the cancellation is due to Flake’s resistance.
Flake and Democratic Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, the bill’s co-sponsor, tried to pass the legislation by unanimous consent earlier in the day, but it was blocked by Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee. Lee argued the bill would “fundamentally [undermine] the principle of separation of power.”
McConnell is able to bring the judicial nominations directly to a floor vote, regardless of whether they are voted on by the Senate Judiciary Committee. He has been refusing thus far to bring the Mueller legislation to the floor and seems unlikely to change his mind, calling it “a solution in search of a problem.”
“This president’s not going to fire Robert Mueller, nor do I think he should, nor do I think he should not be allowed to finish,” McConnell said. “We have a lot of things to do to try to finish up this year without taking votes on things that are completely irrelevant to outcomes.”
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Flake has been a half-way Republican. If Mueller’s performance the last time I saw him testify is any indication of his value to our country, I believe he is either suffering with Dementia and should have a keeper to take care of him, lest he soil his pants in public or he is a very dishonest and untrustworthy person and should be hidden amongst his fellow Left-wing traitors to our country..Flake and that other Democrat that exposed his inadequacies on the web should get together and form their own playhouse. They might get parts in a “Cuties” sequel.