ASSOCIATED PRESS Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is intent on filling up federal courts with as many of President Donald Trump's judges as possible, even if it means blowing through Senate traditions to get there. The Senate voted 54-42 to confirm Joseph Bianco to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, based in New York. Bianco’s confirmation marks the third time in history that the Senate has confirmed a judicial nominee over the objections of both of a nominee’s home-state senators. Traditionally, the Senate won’t move forward with a judicial nominee unless both blue slips are turned in. He’s also Trump’s 38th confirmed circuit court judge.

Source: Huffington Post May 08, 2019 19:26 UTC