President Donald Trump has called for an end to the Senate tradition known as the “blue slip,” despite resistance from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).
The blue slip is a tradition that allows senators from the state in which a judicial nominee has been selected to approve or block the nomination.
For example, a nominee for a Pennsylvania federal court would need to obtain the blue slip approval from Pennsylvania’s two senators, John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Dave McCormick (R-Pa.).
Trump said on Aug. 25 that blue slips “make it impossible for me as president to appoint a judge or a U.S. attorney.”…