President Donald Trump is facing pushback from his own party as Republicans race to confirm as many of his judicial nominees as possible before Democrats take control of the Senate in January.
The midterm losses left Republicans only weeks to fill lifetime seats on the federal bench while they still have the votes. Making matters worse for the president’s nominations agenda, Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and John Cornyn (R-TX) helped force Trump to withdraw an Arkansas appeals court nominee Tuesday, and Tillis says he’ll vote against other nominees if a Republican senator from their home state objects.
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