{"id":158660,"date":"2026-07-28T14:14:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/28\/the-dems-helping-donald-trump-load-up-the-federal-bench\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T14:14:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:14:53","slug":"the-dems-helping-donald-trump-load-up-the-federal-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/28\/the-dems-helping-donald-trump-load-up-the-federal-bench\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dems Helping Donald Trump Load Up The Federal Bench"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span>Ed. Note:<\/span> Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>To date, who are the only three Democratic senators to return blue slips for judicial nominees in Trump\u2019s second term in office?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: Don\u2019t worry, the nominees (now judges) did not provide straight-up answers to questions about the winner of the 2020 election. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/07\/the-dems-helping-donald-trump-load-up-the-federal-bench\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Dems Helping Donald Trump Load Up The Federal Bench<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/View-from-bench-300x214.jpg?resize=300%2C214&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>To date, who are the only three Democratic senators to return blue slips for judicial nominees in Trump\u2019s second term in office?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: Don\u2019t worry, the nominees (now judges) did not provide straight-up answers to questions about the winner of the 2020 election. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/07\/the-dems-helping-donald-trump-load-up-the-federal-bench\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/07\/the-dems-helping-donald-trump-load-up-the-federal-bench\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! To date, who are the only three Democratic senators to return blue slips for judicial nominees in Trump\u2019s second term in office? Hint: Don\u2019t worry, the nominees (now judges) did not provide straight-up answers to questions about the winner of the 2020 election. 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