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Alina Habba slams Sens. Chuck Grassley, Thom Tillis

Politico on MSN · 20h

Alina Habba slams Sens. Chuck Grassley, Thom Tillis over Senate's blue slips

Trump had nominated Habba, whom he tapped on an interim basis in March, for the full-time appointment. But Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim used blue slips — which empower home-state senators to block U.S. attorney and District Court judge nominees — to keep her from advancing in the chamber.

Alina Habba tears into Senate lawmakers over 'blue slip' tradition: 'I won't be intimidated'

Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba reacts to Senate lawmakers upholding the 'blue slip' tradition regarding judicial nominations to U.S. circuit and district courts.

MEAWW News · 2h

Trump slams GOP Sen Chuck Grassley over ‘blue slip’ tradition blocking Alina Habba from NJ prosecutor job

Donald Trump reshared a post calling Chuck Grassley a RINO and another demanding term limits, saying it was time to 'dethrone the king'

Trump, Grassley and blue slip

Politico on MSN · 1h

Grassley defends ‘blue slips’ amid latest Trump criticism

The Judiciary Committee chair, and his fellow Republicans, have so far brushed off pressure from the president to nix the long-standing practice.

The Hill on MSN · 48m

Grassley defends blue-slip rule following Trump criticism

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pushing back on criticism from President Trump, who has railed against the “blue slip” practice that allows home-state senators to veto

Washington Examiner on MSN · 13h

Trump again urges Grassley to end ‘blue slip’ tradition on judicial nominations

President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to end the “blue slip” tradition in the upper chamber in order to get the rest of his judicial nominations and attorneys confirmed. Trump trashed the “blue slip,

New Jersey Globe52m

Senate Judiciary chair says that Habba didn’t have the votes to pass Senate

When President Donald Trump nominated Alina Habba for a full term as U.S. Attorney on July 1, he ran into a long-standing and ...

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Top GOP senator defies Trump demand to bend Senate rules for his court picks

President Donald Trump renewed his demand for the Senate's "blue slip" tradition to be done away with and urged Senate ...

12mon MSN

GOP senator fires back after Trump rages over Alina Habba snub

President Donald Trump raged Sunday night at GOP senators who defended a legal rule preventing the confirmation of his former ...

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Alina Habba Accuses Federal Judges of ‘Collusion’ Against Her

The president's former personal lawyer, a judge recently ruled, can no longer serve as U.S. attorney for New Jersey until she ...

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Trump seeks to ramp up pressure on Grassley over ‘blue slip’ controversy

President Trump on Sunday sought to ramp up pressure on Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) over his ...

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