特朗普赶在参议院换届前突击确认法官遇共和党阻力 23名提名人待表决
美国总统特朗普在民主党即将接管参议院之前突击确认联邦法官的努力，正遭遇部分共和党同僚的阻力。据路透社 15 日报道，特朗普本届任期迄今已有 57 名联邦法官提名人获参议院确认，但已有三名本州提名人选遭到共和党参议员阻拦或质疑。
白宫 10 日撤回了路易斯安那州联邦地区法官李·鲁多夫斯基出任联邦第八巡回上诉法院法官的提名，改提阿肯色州最高法院法官 J·科迪·海兰，此前阿肯色州两名共和党参议员约翰·布兹曼与汤姆·科顿反对鲁多夫斯基。参议院司法委员会成员、北卡罗来纳州参议员汤姆·蒂利斯与德州参议员约翰·科宁也可凭本州参议员惯例阻拦提名；达拉斯联邦法官提名人 T·埃利奥特·盖泽同样面临质疑。
参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩 9 日表示，在共和党仍掌控参议院期间，确认法官是首要任务；参议院 12 日已确认跛脚鸭会期首名法官。目前仍有 23 名提名人待表决，其中科罗拉多州联邦地区法官丹尼尔·多梅尼科出任联邦第十巡回上诉法院法官的提名定于 16 日表决。白宫官员表示，预计今年内所有待表决提名人都会获确认。特朗普首个任期共任命 234 名联邦法官，包括三名最高法院大法官，奠定了最高法院目前 6 比 3 的保守派多数。
Trump's Judge-Confirmation Push Meets Republican Resistance as 23 Nominees Await Votes
President Donald Trump's last-minute push to confirm as many federal judges as possible before Democrats take control of the Senate is meeting resistance from some fellow Republicans, Reuters reported on Sunday. Senate Republicans have confirmed 57 of Trump's judicial nominees so far in his second term, and the White House hopes to confirm as many as possible during the lame-duck session, but three home-state picks have been blocked or questioned.
The White House on November 10 withdrew the nomination of U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky to the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and replaced him with Arkansas Supreme Court Justice J. Cody Hiland, after Arkansas Republican Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton opposed Rudofsky. Senate Judiciary Committee members Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Cornyn of Texas can also block nominees under the chamber's home-state custom, and T. Elliot Gaiser, Trump's pick for a federal judgeship in Dallas, faces questions as well.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on November 9 that confirming judges is a top priority while Republicans still hold the chamber, and the Senate confirmed its first lame-duck nominee on November 12. Twenty-three nominees remain pending, including Colorado-based U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico, whose nomination to the Denver-based 10th Circuit is set for a vote on Monday. A White House official said all pending nominees are expected to be confirmed this year. Trump appointed 234 federal judges in his first term, including three Supreme Court justices, building the court's current 6-3 conservative majority.
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