The senatorial courtesy prevents partisans such as Alina Habba from becoming U.S. attorneys.

President Trump is escalating his criticism of Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for his unwillingness ...

President Donald Trump said he plans to sue California over its planned congressional maps and blue slips by that state and ...

The blue slips give Democrats some power to block Trump’s nominations, angering the president despite the procedure having ...

President Trump pushes the Senate to give confirmation hearings to his nominees, after a federal judge rules that Alina Habba ...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pushing back on criticism from President Trump, who has railed ...

Senators approve of a nominee by returning their blue slip to the Judiciary Committee Chairman. If a senator does not return ...

President Donald Trump renewed his demand for the Senate's "blue slip" tradition to be done away with and urged Senate ...

His maneuvers to retain prosecutors, including Alina Habba, weaken a constitutional check.

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

President Donald Trump threatened legal action over a Senate tradition Democrats have used to block certain judicial nominees ...

Trump trashed the "blue slip" as an "old and outdated 'custom'" that has allowed Democrats to block his nominees.