Sentences with phrase «judicial nominations used»

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«In November 2016, Grassley said he would retain the policy used in the eight Obama years when the Senate Judiciary Committee would not set a hearing unless both home state senators returned blue slips,» Carl Tobias, a University of Richmond professor who is an expert on judicial nominations, told Business Insider in an email.

In November 2013, Senate Democrats used the nuclear option to eliminate filibusters on executive branch nominations and federal judicial appointments other than those to the Supreme Court.

The Republican Party there is non-existent and it seems all they do is issue cross-endorsements or use their judicial nomination line for all the primary losers who want to get off their ballot.