President Donald Trump’s stream of judges is about to become a torrent.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his GOP caucus have long prioritized confirming conservative judges to lifetime appointments. But they’re about to dramatically accelerate their ability to unilaterally approve as many nominees as possible, stack the federal court system with conservatives, and leave few open seats for any future Democratic president.
In just 2 years McConnell and senate Republicans have confirmed enough Trump judicial nominees to fill 20 percent of all Circuit Court seats in the country. But this record pace isn’t good enough for McConnell. He’s now preparing to pull the trigger on the “nuclear option” and change Senate rules once again with a simple majority to allow much quicker confirmation of lower court judges in the coming months.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/06/trump-mcconnell-judges-1205722