Trump presses Grassley to end Democrats' veto power on district judges, US attorneys

President Trump late Tuesday pressed Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to end the panel’s “blue slip” tradition of allowing home-state senators to veto nominees to district courts and U.S. attorneys’ offices.

“Chuck Grassley, who I got re-elected to the U.S. Senate when he was down, by a lot, in the Great State of Iowa, could solve the ‘Blue Slip’ problem we are having with respect to the appointment of Highly Qualified Judges and U.S. Attorneys...