Delaware is a particular place, a particular bar, and this nomination is norm shattering.
—Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on the elevation of White Home lawyer Jennifer Mascott to the Third Circuit, Donald Trump’s third appellate decide appointed in his second time period. Mascott didn’t get a blue-slip from both Delaware senator (the custom of looking for house state senator approval earlier than confirming a decide, which the primary Trump administration deserted to get extra lifetime appointment for conservative nominees), and isn’t even a member of the Delaware bar. Mascott was confirmed by the Senate, 50-47 with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) crossing occasion traces to vote in opposition to the nomination.
