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New York Times editorial board presses Durbin to end Senate ‘blue slip’ judicial vetoes

Por: The Hill Politics February 07, 2023

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The New York Times editorial board is calling on Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to reform the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition whereby a senator can block a federal judicial nominee appointed to a court in his or her home state as a matter of senatorial courtesy. The Times that blue slips should be used to raise objections to a nominee but not be permitted to sink one entirely, something that happened to Judge... + full article



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