Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pushing back on criticism from President Trump, who has railed against the “blue-slip” practice that allows home-state senators to veto nominees to district courts and U.

The Judiciary Committee chair, and his fellow Republicans, have so far brushed off pressure from the president to nix the long-standing practice.

President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to end the “blue slip” tradition in the upper chamber in order to get the rest of his judicial nominations and attorneys confirmed. Trump trashed the “blue slip,