American Thinker: A lot of people have underrated Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and point man in the ongoing reshaping of the federal judiciary, perhaps the most lasting legacy of the Trump presidency. Senator Grassley is a bit of a slow-talker, is the very model of courtesy, and makes no effort whatsoever to convince other people how smart he is. To the pretentious snobs that set the tone on the left, he is therefore a non-entity.
They dismiss him at their peril, and have just been outsmarted by him. William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection explains:
You may recall that just after Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, Democrats agreed to confirm 15 federal judicial nominees in exchange for Mitch McConnell putting the Senate in recess so that vulnerable Senate Dems could return home to campaign.
#TheResistance was upset. While they can’t stop nominees, they demand resistance for resistance sake. But Senate Democrats had other priorities. (snip)
Before you can get to a floor vote, you need a Committee vote. And before you can get a Committee vote, you need a Committee hearing. more
Nicely done, Chuck! You’ve set things up to both get more conservative judges on fed benches, AND piss off the dems and their resistance NPCs. Kudos!
Grassley is more cunning that I gave him credit for!
Let’s hope Jeff Flake doesn’t go all libtard and screw up everything.
Of all the democrat furies there are, I love impotent fury the best!
Chiggerbug, it’s a tad late for that hope…
Usually we are on the receiving end of this kind of a deal. Well played, Sir.
Any idea how many additional Judges will get their appointments because of this approach?