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Trump slams 'stupid and outdated' blue slip rule for nominees

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17.10.2025

President Trump on Thursday yet again criticized the “blue slip” practice, which allows home-state senators to veto district court judge and U.S. attorney nominees.

Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform, said he has eight “Highly Respected” U.S. attorney nominees that “will not be confirmed for their positions in various Highly Consequential States only because they’re Republicans.”

The president added that Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have convinced Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to honor the “blue slip” rule.

“These GREAT people’s careers have been badly hurt by the Radical Left Democrats, using an old and ridiculous custom strictly to........

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