Save The Federal Judiciary!

Well, well, well:

Running out of federal court vacancies to fill, Senate Republicans have been quietly making overtures to sitting Republican-nominated judges who are eligible to retire to urge them to step aside so they can be replaced while the party still holds the Senate and the White House.

Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, who has used his position as majority leader to build a judicial confirmation juggernaut for President Trump over the past three years, has been personally reaching out to judges to sound them out on their plans and assure them that they would have a worthy successor if they gave up their seats soon, according to multiple people with knowledge of his actions.

It was not known how many judges were contacted or which of them Mr. McConnell had spoken to directly. One of his Republican colleagues said others had also initiated outreach in an effort to heighten awareness among judges nominated by Presidents Ronald Reagan, George Bush and George W. Bush that making the change now would be advantageous.

The overt effort by Republicans to create vacancies reflects a realization that Mr. Trump could lose the presidency, or that Republicans could lose the Senate majority and deprive Mr. Trump of his partner on judicial confirmations even if he did gain a second term.

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Go, Cocaine Mitch, go! That’s a very smart move. There won’t be much of a Republican Party left after this fall’s election — President Trump’s coronavirus performance guarantees that. Get as many judges on the federal bench as possible before the deluge.

Got a letter last night from a College Republican who is involved with the party in his ruby-red state. He wrote about the virus denialism, even mockery, he’s been seeing among the older members of the party in the last two weeks. He’s also upset over the reckless behavior of his generation, partying in the face of disaster. He’s in despair. I asked him to write about it for this blog. He said he would. I verified his identity.

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