President Trump publicly attacked Sen. Chuck Grassley for upholding the Senate's blue slip tradition, which allows a senator to block judicial nominees from their state. The conflict escalated after New Jersey’s two Democratic senators used the blue slip to block Trump’s former attorney, Alina Habba, from serving as a U.S. Attorney. Trump said his constitutional right to appoint judges and U.S. attorneys has been effectively taken away in states with only one Democratic senator, calling the blue slip an "old and outdated custom." Grassley said he was offended and disappointed by the personal insults. Several Republican senators defended Grassley.
President Donald Trump angered several Republican senators this week, many of whom made the rare move of publicly speaking out against the president over his attack on Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). Trump raged at Grassley over the weekend for upholding the Senate's long-standing blue slip rule, which allows a senator the right to block a judicial nominee in their state. Trump's former attorney, Alina Habba, is currently being blocked by New Jersey's two Democratic senators from serving as a U.S. Attorney in the state, using the rule.
I have a Constitutional Right to appoint Judges and U.S. Attorneys, but that RIGHT has been completely taken away from me in States that have just one Democrat United States Senator, Trump wrote on Sunday night. This is because of an old and outdated custom' known as a BLUE SLIP, that Senator Chuck Grassley, of the Great State of Iowa, refuses to overturn, even though the Democrats, including Crooked Joe Biden (Twice!), have done so on numerous occasions.
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