January 30, 2023

Washington Post: Senators prepare for a showdown over judges and ‘blue slips’


ACS President Russ Feingold was quoted in the Washington Post's The Early 202 newsletter, supporting growing calls for the Senate to eliminate blue slips in order to advance President Biden's judicial nominees.

“It is reasonable to eliminate blue slips for district court judgeships just as was done for court of appeals judgeships in order to allow some balance that was destroyed by the aggressive approach that was used in the previous administration,” Feingold said in an interview.

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