Following the confirmation hearings for Trump’s judicial nominees, their responses to follow-up questions highlighted a trend: Trump's preferred nominees tend to be culture warriors who use law to advance conservative interests. Despite a Republican majority in the Senate making it difficult to block these nominations, Democrats had the chance to extract potentially damaging statements during the hearings. However, many prominent Democratic senators chose to engage in praise rather than pose critical inquiries, diminishing the effectiveness of the hearings and missing a chance to sway centrist Republicans.
Senate Democrats had a crucial opportunity to interrogate Trump's judicial nominees but largely failed to capitalize on it, instead focusing on praise for Federalist Society judges.
Nominees’ answers reveal Trump's desired judiciary: sycophantic culture warriors who see law as a tool for a conservative agenda against political enemies.
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