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Was it Reid's fault? Or more simply another example of gross GOP obstructionism?

Senate obstructionism handed a raft of judicial vacancies to Trump—what has he done with them?

Russell Wheeler Monday, June 4, 2018

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The 114th’s two circuit confirmations were renominated 2014 holdovers. None of the seven circuit nominees that Obama submitted in 2015 or 2016 was confirmed. They had been submitted in early 2016 (a few without home-state Republican senator support). In Reagan’s, Clinton’s, and Bush’s final two years, the other-party Senate confirmed circuit nominees that had been submitted in the eighth year as late as June (Reagan), February (Clinton), and April (Bush).

The 114th’s final circuit confirmation was in January 2016. Other-party Senates in previous administrations confirmed circuit nominees in the eighth year as late as October (Reagan), July (Clinton) and June (Bush).

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/06/04/senate-obstructionism-handed-judicial-vacancies-to-trump/

I see where you are coming from, just wondering if Reid could have stopped the GOP's/McConnell's obstructionism.

The hole for this Trump/GOP strategy should never have existed.

"Progressive activists who have pushed for an expansion of the Supreme Court funded a recent study that found a partisan pattern in voting-rights rulings, concluding that Trump appointees had made what it called “antidemocracy” decisions in 85 percent of the election-related cases they heard.

“Elections have consequences, and the circuit courts are now more conservative than they were when Donald Trump took office,” said Nathaniel Persily, a professor at Stanford’s law school who specializes in voting rights and election law. “We should not be surprised that the panels, on average, are now going to be more conservative in the way they adjudicate these voting cases.”

Mr. Trump has shifted the ideological balance of two particular appeals courts with jurisdiction over states that could ultimately decide the election: the Third Circuit, which covers Pennsylvania, and the 11th Circuit, which covers Florida and Georgia.

He has also significantly eaten into the liberal majority in the Ninth Circuit, which includes the competitive states of Arizona and Nevada.

Though the circuit overseeing Texas has long been known for its conservatism, the three Trump appointees who issued the recent decision on drop boxes have been particularly formidable allies for Republicans."

Your link - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/17/us/politics/federal-appeals-courts-trump-voting.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

See also:

...What Happened to America’s Political Center of Gravity?
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Consider McConnell's lost desk under the number of bills he is holding up.
Extreme obstructionism, possibly the worst in America's history, promotes anarchy.
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