The House is expected to vote next week on a bill that would grant the president sole authority to nominate judges to Washington’s busiest local court, eliminating the city’s 52-year-old commission used to identify candidates for the bench.
The move is one of several by House Republicans this week to centralize President Donald Trump’s control over criminal justice in the nation’s capital, even as they allowed Trump’s emergency order taking control of the city’s police force to expire. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved 14 bills on Wednesday aimed at the city’s criminal justice system, including measures to ...