BySiladitya Ray,
Forbes Staff.
President Donald Trump on Thursday night criticized the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition—which allows senators to effectively block district court judges and U.S. attorney nominees from their home states—as he doubled down on a stance that very recently faced pushback from Republican senators.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump attacked the practice, saying he has eight “Highly Respected” U.S. attorney nominees who will not be confirmed because “they’re Republicans.”
Trump said the “blue slip” practice was a “stupid and outdated” tradition that Democrats in the Senate had “convinced” Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to adhere to.
