Trump’s glide path to judicial confirmations comes to an end
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America
Democrats’ Senate victory means President Trump for the first time will lose a glide path to nominate judges and Supreme Court justices. Pressure had grown on conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito to retire, but they show no sign of imminently stepping down. And Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is already signaling…
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