Trump’s glide path to judicial confirmations comes to an end
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- The Hill reports: “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 Thoma…”
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