In Brief: "Blue Slip" Blues (with Leigh Ann Caldwell)

Preet speaks with Leigh Ann Caldwell, a political reporter at the Washington Post, about the future of the Senate’s “blue slip” policy, which gives United States Senators the power to veto the nomination of certain federal judges and prosecutors in their home states.

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References & Supplemental Materials:

• Leigh Ann Caldwell, Washington Post
• “Senators prepare for a showdown over judges and ‘blue slips,’” Washington Post, 1/30/23
• Dylan Matthews, “Senate Republicans are making it easier to push through Trump's judge picks,” Vox, 11/16/17
• Editorial Board, “How to Stop a Senator From Blocking a Federal Judge,” New York Times, 2/6/23

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