参议院司法委员会启动跛脚鸭冲刺：推进特朗普法官提名、23名人选待确认
美国参议院司法委员会的共和党人 11 月 10 日启动跛脚鸭会期冲刺，赶在民主党明年 1 月接掌参议院之前，尽可能多地推进总统特朗普剩余的联邦法官提名。委员会当日表决推进四名人选，并为另外四人举行听证。
委员会主席、即将卸任的共和党参议员 Chuck Grassley 驳回民主党关于共和党绕过委员会惯例的批评。表决中，阿拉斯加联邦地区法官提名人选 Kyle Reardon 以 16 票对 6 票过关，四名民主党议员加入共和党阵营投下赞成票；肯塔基东区提名人选 Daniel Ballou、德克萨斯南区提名人选 Richard Bennett 与德克萨斯北区提名人选 Courtney Coker 则以 12 票对 10 票的党派票数过关。委员会同日为另外四名人选举行听证，包括被提名出任联邦第五巡回上诉法院法官的 Todd Butler，更多人选定于 11 月 18 日一场听证接受审查，其中包括中期选举结果揭晓后才提出的两人。
委员会民主党领袖 Dick Durbin 指责共和党在选后削减程序以强行塞入提名，称委员会连续两周举行听证、部分人选在收到规定材料不足 28 天时即被排审，且联邦调查局背景审查尚未经参议院工作人员核清。
据参议院方面统计，目前共有 23 名特朗普的司法提名人选待处理，其中 19 人为地区法院人选、4 人为巡回上诉法院人选；特朗普第二任期内已有 56 名终身法官人选获得确认。民主党在 11 月 3 日中期选举中夺回参议院，新一届国会将于明年 1 月上任，共和党希望在交权前把待确认名单尽量清空。
关联：特朗普正式宣布三名联邦法官提名：司法部首席法律顾问在列
Senate Judiciary Committee Opens Lame-Duck Dash on Trump Judge Picks, With 23 Nominees Pending
Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee began a lame-duck push on November 10 to advance as many of President Donald Trump's remaining judicial nominees as possible before Democrats take control of the chamber in January. The panel voted to advance four nominees and held a hearing for four more the same day.
Senator Chuck Grassley, the committee's outgoing Republican chairman, dismissed Democratic complaints that Republicans were bypassing longstanding committee practices to speed the nominees. Kyle Reardon of Alaska, a district court pick, advanced 16-6 after four Democrats joined Republicans in support. Three other district court nominees, Daniel Ballou for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Richard Bennett for the Southern District of Texas and Courtney Coker for the Northern District of Texas, cleared the panel on party-line 12-10 votes. The committee then heard from four additional nominees, including Todd Butler, nominated to the New Orleans-based Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. More nominees are expected on November 18, including two put forward only after Democrats won the November 3 midterms.
Senator Dick Durbin, the panel's top Democrat, accused Republicans of cutting corners to jam through the nominees, saying the committee was holding hearings in back-to-back weeks, considering nominees less than 28 days after receiving required paperwork, and proceeding before FBI background checks had been cleared by Senate staff.
By Senate counts, 23 of Trump's judicial nominees are pending, 19 for district courts and four for circuit courts; 56 life-tenured judges have been confirmed in Trump's second term. Democrats won the Senate in the November 3 midterm elections and the new Congress convenes in January, leaving Republicans a closing window to clear the backlog.
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