Schumer blasts ‘appalling’ Senate GOP flip-flop on judicial nominees

Published May 7, 2018 8:35pm ET



Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday it’s “appalling” that Republicans are trying to move one of Trump’s judicial nominations without first getting approval from both of the nominee’s home state senators.

Trump has nominated Michael Brennan, a Milwaukee lawyer, to the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The court has jurisdiction over Wisconsin, and the seat had been held open for six years as Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., declined to offer his support.

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