This smug man is an author of Project 2025 btw.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 25m ago

BOOKER: Let me make this easy. Be a man. Yes or no -- did Joe Biden win the 2020 election? CANDEUB: ... the Congress certifie-- BOOKER: There you go. Stop! Can you please tell me yes or no, did President Biden win the 2020 election? CANDEUB: The Congress certified-- B: You are showing cowardice.

DOJ Antitrust Division nominee Adam Candeub, who is an author of Project 2025, is basically laughing as Cory Booker asks him who won the 2020 election. He can't stop smiling and chuckling as he responds, multiple times, that Congress certified Biden as the winner. So smug and disgusting.

All 10 Senate Judiciary Democrats spoke out against Todd Blanche at his committee markup yesterday. Just now, only three Democrats showed up while 5th Circuit nominee Anna St. John testified before the committee. Only two asked questions. Democrats need to show up. These are LIFETIME appointments.

NEW: 5th Circuit nominee Anna St. John was just asked who won the 2020 election. She provided a canned response about Joe Biden being certified as the winner. She would not say that the Capitol was "attacked" on January 6 but said she would adopt the Supreme Court's language that it was "breached."

Leader Thune just filed cloture on Todd Blanche's nomination.

On the eve of the Voting Rights Act anniversary, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on a judicial nominee from the birthplace of the VRA: Alabama. He is a Trump loyalist and election denier who supports restrictive voting laws. Trump wants him on the bench before the midterms.

The United States Senate is still in session, and @senatepress.bsky.social says votes are still possible tonight 👀

The witnesses for tomorrow morning's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing were just posted: Anna St. John for the 5th Circuit, Gregory Cook for the Northern District of Alabama, Jason Manion & John Cronan for the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and Adam Candeub to lead the DOJ's Antitrust Division.

Let's see how she votes on judicial nominees, too. Several anti-abortion nominees for lifetime judgeships remain pending on the Senate floor. Senator Collins has voted to confirm dozens of Trump's anti-reproductive freedom judicial nominees, including 20+ already during his second term.

Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.com · 19h ago

It’s Amy Coney Barrett all over again. Collins, facing reelection, will vote no on an anti-abortion nominee who gets confirmed anyway

Wrote this last week about the four lifetime judicial nominees who remain pending on the Senate floor. At this point, will any of them be confirmed before recess? Thune would likely need to start filing cloture today and keep them in session on Friday. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/four-more-...

Four more lifetime judicial nominees could be confirmed by the end of next week

Here’s who could still be confirmed before the Senate’s scheduled recess.

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Great that all 10 Senate Judiciary Democrats spoke out today against Blanche's nomination. They should also be doing that at every markup featuring Trump's loyalist judicial nominees who possess extreme, anti-civil rights records — and who will serve for DECADES if confirmed to the federal bench.

Thursday is the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. To celebrate, Republicans are holding a hearing tomorrow on a nominee from ALABAMA named Gregory Cook — an election denying Trump loyalist who supports voter suppression and warns of the "woke mob." nominationnotes.substack.com/p/trump-name...

Trump names two judicial nominees, including “Trump-tough” Alabama lawyer

Gregory Cook wants you to know that he’s an election law expert who supports Donald Trump.

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Great that all 10 Senate Judiciary Democrats spoke out today against Blanche's nomination. They should also be doing that at every markup featuring Trump's loyalist judicial nominees who possess extreme, anti-civil rights records — and who will serve for DECADES if confirmed to the federal bench.

Reminder during the Blanche markup: Since last year Trump has appointed three of his former personal lawyers — Emil Bove, Justin Smith, and Matthew Schwartz — to lifetime seats on the federal appellate bench. That's 30 percent of all Trump 2.0 judges appointed to circuit courts across the country.

Congratulations to Todd Blanche for ending racial discrimination in America.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Grassley on Blanche: "The Justice Department has thrived under his leadership" 🙃

Chair Grassley just said that the Department of Justice has "thrived under [Blanche's] leadership" — saying that he's "led major successes," including "ending racial discrimination."

“This is not oversight, it is not principled, and our legal system will be worse off if Blanche is confirmed.”

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW: Todd Blanche doesn't believe in the rule of law, and John Cornyn and Thom Tillis don't care. Blanche's Sunday night moves should not save his nomination. The reaction from the pair of soon-departing Republican senators is not oversight and not principled. Tonight, at Law Dork:

Highly recommend.

Balls & Strikes@ballsandstrikes.org · 2d ago

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NEW: Dozens of organizations wrote to Judiciary Committee leadership urging opposition to Anna St. John's elevation to the 5th Circuit. St. John was just confirmed to the district court in Louisiana in March. Trump thinks it's time for a promotion. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/dozens-of-...

Dozens of organizations oppose Anna St. John’s elevation to the Fifth Circuit

Just months after her confirmation to the district court, Trump wants to give St. John a promotion.

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Months after Anna St. John's confirmation to the Eastern District of LA, more than two dozen groups have come out in opposition to her elevation to the 5th Circuit — saying she has "a history of silencing women, attacking LGBTQ+ rights, and cutting off corporate accountability for everyday people."

MAGA loyalist Jason Manion has curated a flawless right-wing resume, including conservative clerkships, Trump administration gigs, and deep affiliations with some of the most extreme groups in America. Now Trump wants him on the US Sentencing Commission. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/trumps-nom...

Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Sentencing Commission has curated a flawless right-wing resume

Jason Manion has been affiliated with several of the most extreme organizations in America.

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There were no hearings, markups, floor votes, or cloture filings this week on any of Trump's lifetime judicial nominees. There are four nominees pending on the floor. We'll see who gets confirmed before recess! Next Wednesday the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on two more nominees.

Trump now wants this MAGA loyalist to serve on the US Sentencing Commission. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/trumps-nom...

Christopher Wiggins@cwnewser.bsky.social · last yr.

Judge Ana Reyes took DOJ attorney Jason Manion to task for being unprepared for the hearing and for mischaracterizing the conclusions of studies in filings that he did not read. She said the studies support the service of transgender people in the military. www.advocate.com/news/judge-s...

"As a result, Washington bar examinees are in a nightmare scenario. The Washington bar should wake up, grant diploma privilege, and end the bar exam’s pointless monopoly over who gets to be a lawyer in the state."

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 6d ago

I wrote about the hotass mess that hundreds of recent law grads in Washington are going through for no good reason! ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

Hoping this info about the Sentencing Commission nominee reaches folks at @legaldefensefund.bsky.social, @nacdl.org, @themarshallproject.org, @sentencingproject.bsky.social, @lawyerscomm.bsky.social, @juvenilelawcenter.bsky.social, @famm.org, @aclu.org, @prisonpolicy.org, @nlada.bsky.social, & more.

patrick mcneil (he/him)@patrickryne.bsky.social · 6d ago

NEW: One of Trump's nominees has curated a flawless right-wing resume, including conservative clerkships, Trump admin roles, and deep affiliations with some of the most extreme groups in America. Now Trump wants him on the U.S. Sentencing Commission. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/trumps-nom...

NEW: One of Trump's nominees has curated a flawless right-wing resume, including conservative clerkships, Trump admin roles, and deep affiliations with some of the most extreme groups in America. Now Trump wants him on the U.S. Sentencing Commission. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/trumps-nom...

Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Sentencing Commission has curated a flawless right-wing resume

Jason Manion has been affiliated with several of the most extreme organizations in America.

nominationnotes.substack.com

NEW from me: A senior Trump official is using his govt social media account to attack sitting federal judges, sparking accusations he's putting their safety at risk as judges already face a spike in violent threats. This “puts a bullseye” on them, one judge told me. www.huffpost.com/entry/james-...

Senior Trump Official Using Government Account To Smear Sitting Federal Judges

This “puts a bullseye” on judges already facing a spike in violent threats, warned U.S. District Judge Esther Salas, whose son was killed by a disgruntled litigant.

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Cloture hasn't yet been filed on any judicial nominees. So, unless the Senate is staying in until Friday, there won't be any lifetime judicial confirmations until next week (which is currently the last scheduled week in session before a five-week summer recess).

patrick mcneil (he/him)@patrickryne.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW: Before the Senate's scheduled recess, there's still time for senators to confirm the judicial nominees who remain pending on the floor. Here's a brief overview of those nominees: Kasdin Mitchell, Angela Colmenero, Matthew Byrne, and Daniel Domenico. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/four-more-...

Lots going on re: judicial nominations over the next two weeks, including a hearing next week and up to four more lifetime confirmations before summer recess. Subscribe to Nomination Notes to stay on top of all of it. nominationnotes.substack.com

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Nomination notes covers nominations to the federal bench, judicial diversity, democracy, and more. Click to read nomination notes, by Patrick McNeil, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscriber...

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NEW: Before the Senate's scheduled recess, there's still time for senators to confirm the judicial nominees who remain pending on the floor. Here's a brief overview of those nominees: Kasdin Mitchell, Angela Colmenero, Matthew Byrne, and Daniel Domenico. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/four-more-...

Four more lifetime judicial nominees could be confirmed by the end of next week

Here’s who could still be confirmed before the Senate’s scheduled recess.

nominationnotes.substack.com