President Donald Trump waved and pointed to the crowd when he left the stage after his comments at the marketplace areas of Iowa on July 3, 2025 during an event starting the year -round celebration leading to the 250th anniversary of America. (Photo Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)
Washington-President Donald Trump and the Republican Senator Iowa Chuck Grassley in social media about whether the chairman of the court committee should abandon a century-old tradition that allows senators to block the progress of courtfielders who would serve in the states of senators.
Practice, referred to as “Blue Slips”, was annoyed by Trump, who had some of its types for a federal bench against democratic senators.
At the weekend, Trump published in social media that he wanted the leaders of the GOP Senate to transfer their nominated to courts, regardless of the level of objection of Democrats, and said on Monday that he would sue the practice he called “unconstitutional”.
“We will also submit a lawsuit for a blue slip,” he said in an oval office on Monday morning. “You know, Blue Slips prevents me from appointing a judge or a USA lawyer because they have a gentleman agreement – nothing commemorates.”
The White House comments appeared after Trump slammed the practice in social media at the weekend and told Grassley how to act.
“I have a constitutional right to appoint US judges and lawyers, but this law has been completely received in the states that have only one United States Senator Democrats,” said Trump in social media.
“This is because of the old and outdated” non -standard “known as a blue slip, which Senator Chuck Grassley, from a great condition, refuses to overthrow, despite the fact that democrats, including the crooked Joe Biden (twice!), They did it many times,” he added. “That’s why the only candidates that I can be confirmed for these most important positions, they are, believe it, believe, Chuck Grassley should allow strong republican candidates to rise to these very important and powerful roles and tell the democrats, as they often tell us to go to hell! “
Grassley will not end the blue slipping
Grassley replied on Monday morning that he would not end the tradition of blue slip.
“Nominated by an American district judge without a blue slip, there are no votes that will be confirmed on the Senate floor and have no votes to get out of CMTE as the chairman that Pres Trump is nominating for success, not failure,” wrote Grassley.
In a separate post he wrote that Alina “Habba was withdrawn as nominated by the President of New Jersey US Atty on July 24, and Judic CMTE never received any documents needed to verify her nomination.”
The federal judge said Habba on Thursday There is no legal authority Be a lawyer from the USA in New Jersey.
Grassley was Reviewed in November 2022For a six -year term, which will end in January 2029.
Tradition since 1917
The impartial Congress Research Service writes in report In the trial that from “at least 1917 the Committee for using the Blue Slip committee was a feature of its consideration of such nominations.”
“After the president elects the nominee for the American region or the District Court, the chairman sends a blue form to two senators representing the nominee’s family state,” explains the report.
“The form strives to evaluate home -made senators by a candidate. If the family senator has no objection to the candidate, the blue slip is returned to the chairman with a positive response. However, if, any of the speech of a home senator, with the same slip, if the blue slip is suspended or returned with a negative reaction. Negative reaction – that is, both cases indicate that the candidate There was no support for at least one senator. “
Jacob Fischler contributed to this report.
