Judiciary Committee Scraps More Votes on Judges

Sen. Jeff Flake’s (R-AZ) vow to block judicial nominees is significantly disrupting the Senate Judiciary Committee’s plans to advance more of President Trump’s picks for the lower courts, CNN reports.

“The committee’s chairman, Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, scrapped a Thursday meeting, according to an announcement from the committee. A Grassley aide cited the reason as Flake not backing off his threat to vote against all pending nominees until he gets a floor vote on a bill to protect special counsels like Robert Mueller from political interference. This is the second meeting in consecutive weeks the committee has scrapped, delaying 22 nominees from floor consideration by the end of the year.”