Court nominees appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee gave a new answer to inquiries about who won the 2020 election that Donald Trump lost, a question that progressives view as a litmus test on judicial independence.
Two nominees for district courts in states with Democratic senators appeared before the committee on Wednesday after Michigan’s two Democratic senators and Sen. John Fetterman (D- Pa.) allowed Trump’s picks to move forward. They became the first members of their party to do so in the president’s second term.
Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) praised the Democrats for working with the White House on ...
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