A Senate Republican stopped short of saying he’d pursue an ethics complaint against an appellate judge in his state if he reversed his retirement plans and prevented Donald Trump from filling his seat, and called another judge who recently changed course a “political hack.”
Judiciary Committee member Thom Tillis of North Carolina said Wednesday that he “absolutely would do everything I had to to draw attention to a precedent” Judge James Wynn “would be breaking” by remaining active on the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Wynn’s seat is in Raleigh.
Speaking to reporters, Tillis didn’t echo Senate ...
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