President Trump continued to deliver on his campaign promise of putting brilliant conservative judges on the federal courts Monday, announci

The Committee for Justice commended Trump for delivering on his promise of “great judicial nominees.” The conservative group’s president, Curt Levey, said in a statement that the Republican leader has demonstrated “his commitment to speedy judicial nominations.” He added, “Trump is off to a fast start.” Read more in Newsweek.

Trump seems to have his eyes on the future with these nominees, said Curt Levey, president of the Committee for Justice and a constitutional lawyer with FreedomWorks, a conservative advocacy group. “It’s clear that the administration is looking at young nominees,” Levey told The Daily Signal. “Being an appeals court judge, if not on the short list, it puts you on the long list for the Supreme Court. … This administration seems to be making a bigger factor of age than previo

Still, Committee for Justice President Curt Levey said Senate Democrats are likely to slow the confirmation process by exploiting debate time at a record level. He said Democrats also could try to defeat nominees “by abusing the blue-slip privileges granted to the two senators from each nominee’s home state.” “If Democrats go that extreme, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley [Iowa Republican] may be forced to curtail the 100-year-old blue-slip tradition,” he said. The

Still, Committee for Justice President Curt Levey said Senate Democrats are likely to slow the confirmation process by “exploiting” debate time at “a record level.” He said Democrats also could try to defeat nominees “by abusing the ‘blue slip’ privileges granted to the two senators from each nominee’s home state.” “If Democrats go that extreme, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley [Iowa Republican] may be forced to curtail the 100-year-old blue slip tradition,” he said.

Mr. Levey said he expects the White House to announce more about the vacancies after Judge Gorsuch is sworn in Monday. “Had you asked me to predict, I would have said they would have given it very little thought by now, and yet instead, they do seem to be working a lot on it, from everything I hear,” said Mr. Levey. “I’ve been pleasantly surprised.” Read more in The Washington Times.

President Donald Trump has tapped a federal district judge from his list of potential Supreme Court picks to be his first nominee to a federal appellate court—putting Trump slightly behind President Barack Obama, but ahead of President George W. Bush in shaping the judiciary. The White House announced Tuesday that Trump intended to nominate U.S. District Judge Amul R. Thapar to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. Read more.

Statement of Committee for Justice president Curt Levey on President Obama’s announcement today of three nominations to the DC Circuit: President Obama’s high-profile announcement today of three DC Circuit nominees – left-wing law professor Cornelia Pillard, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Wilkins and appellate attorney Patricia Ann Millett – is intended to provoke a fight with Senate Republicans rather than to address any need for additional judges on the Circuit. A battl