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Judges and Judiciary,
Government

Oct. 18, 2017

Feinstein decries Senate Judiciary Committee’s nomination process

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, voiced strenuous objections to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s nomination process Tuesday, chastising her colleagues for holding hearings on judicial nominees who have not yet been vetted by the American Bar Association.

Feinstein decries Senate Judiciary Committee’s nomination process
President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) hold a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Oct. 16,. New York Times News Service.

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein voiced strenuous objections to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s nomination process Tuesday morning, chastising her colleagues for holding hearings on judicial nominees who have not yet been vetted by the American Bar Association.

Feinstein implied at the hearing that the Repubican-controlled committee, chaired by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is moving ahead as quickly as possible to place nominees of Presid...

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