Judges who just stayed the TX ballot dropbox decision:

Don Willett — appointed by Trump in 2017 to a vacancy created in 2012

James Ho — appointed by Trump in 2017 to a vacancy created in 2013

Kyle Duncan — appointed by Trump in 2017 to a vacancy created on New Year’s Eve 2016
2017: “The reason there are currently 11 judicial vacancies in Texas is because [Sen. Leahy reinstuted blue slips and] Republican Sens. Cruz and Cornyn refused to sign off on any Obama nominee. The WH eventually gave up even offering names to fill them.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/to-ram-through-judges-gop-senators-consider-yielding-power-to-trump-white-house">https://www.thedailybeast.com/to-ram-th...
To Ram Through Judges, GOP Senators Consider Yielding Power to Trump White House

The Republicans turning the Senate into the House, where the majority rules, are undoing the power of their own institution.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/to-ram-through-judges-gop-senators-consider-yielding-power-to-trump-white-house
reinstituted*

“No Obama district or circuit court nominee in eight years even got a hearing before the Judiciary Committee unless both home-state senators returned blue slips saying “yea.””
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