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Lawmakers Refuse to Confirm 2 Trump Nominees for Lifetime Federal Judgeship

HeadlineDec 14, 2017

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, said President Trump’s judicial nominee Jeff Mateer will not be confirmed for a federal lifetime judgeship. Mateer is a lawyer for the state of Texas and a right-wing religious extremist who has called transgender children evidence of “Satan’s plan.” Senator Grassley also said a second Trump judicial nominee, Brett Talley, will not be confirmed. Talley is a blogger who has never argued a case in federal court in his life. He was rated “unanimously unqualified” for the post by the American Bar Association.

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