Feinstein fumes as Trump administration

pushes forward with 9th Circuit nominees

without consulting her

Fox News, by Gregg Re

Original Article

Posted By:dvc, 3/31/2019 10:34:16 AM

The Senate is poised this week to consider two more nominees selected by President Trump to sit on the left-leaning 9th Circuit Court of Appeals – and the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee isn´t happy about it. That´s because the nominees, Ken Lee and Dan Collins, were picked without any input from either Sen. Dianne Feinstein or Sen. Kamala Harris. Traditionally, the White House seeks to obtain a so-called "blue slip," or approval, from a judicial nominee´s two home-state senators before pressing on with their nominations. But the Trump administration, which has successfully nominated several conservative judges to