Democrats Senate majority halts Trump judicial appointments
Democratic Senate gains in the midterm elections will end Donald Trump's rapid conservative judicial appointments. The White House faces confirmation hurdles starting in January.
Democrats won control of the Senate in the November 4 midterm elections, blocking United States President Donald Trump from rapidly appointing conservative judges to federal courts. The shift ends a fast-track confirmation process that added 56 life-tenured judges since last year. The new political alignment threatens the administration's judicial agenda and eliminates any easy path to filling future Supreme Court vacancies.
