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Durbin Open to Rule to Slow Judicial Confirmations

“Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) is open to reinstating the blue slip on circuit court nominees next year, a proposal that would restore significant power to the minority party to block the White House’s judicial nominees,” Politico reports. “Durbin said during a committee markup last week that he’d entertain conversations around restoring the blue slip — which home-state senators could use to effectively veto certain nominees — but only if it is bipartisan and agreed to before Election Day.

 

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