Democrats vow to stop any 'crappy nominees' Trump taps for federal judiciary
Associated Press · Seung Min Kim, Mary Clare Jalonick, Lindsay Whitehurst ·
President Donald Trump has transformed the Supreme Court with a conservative supermajority, but he now faces a Democratic-led Senate ready to challenge his judicial picks. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has promised to block any "right-winger" nominees to the Supreme Court. Democrats will hold at least 54 seats next year, giving them a significant majority to block Trump's nominees. Schumer has not specified whether he would hold a Supreme Court vacancy open until after the next presidential election. Trump has named three of the current justices, cementing a six-judge conservative supermajority.
Republicans rammed through Supreme Court nominees. Now Democrats will have the votes to stop them
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump led a transformation of the Supreme Court that ushered in a conservative supermajority but soon he will confront an emboldened Democratic-led Senate that is preparing to play hardball on his judicial nominations.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is likely to return as majority leader next year, promised in an interview with The Associated Press that Democrats will prevent Trump from installing a “right-winger” on the Supreme Court and that they are “not going to allow any crappy nominees” elsewhere in the federal judiciary or in Trump’s Cabinet.
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