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Trump Demands Grassley Abolish Century-Old Blue-Slip Rule

Grassley’s office says it will uphold the tradition to ensure home-state senators retain a voice in judicial confirmations.

President Donald Trump walks on the south lawn of the White House and points up at the new flag on July 13, 2025, in Washington, DC.
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speaks as Kash Patel, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the FBI, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) walks to a vote at the U.S. Capitol July 17, 2025. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)
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Overview

  • On Truth Social, President Trump urged Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley to eliminate the blue-slip process by a “flick of the pen” to fast-track his judicial and U.S. attorney nominees.
  • Trump labeled the custom “ancient” and “probably Unconstitutional,” accusing Democratic senators of using it to block his picks in states such as California, New York and Virginia.
  • A Judiciary Committee spokesperson noted that Grassley has advanced U.S. attorney nominees despite withheld blue slips and affirmed continued adherence to the tradition.
  • Grassley said he was offended by Trump’s personal insults and defended blue slips as vital to ensuring local communities have input on nominees.
  • The dispute highlights a partisan and constitutional struggle over separation of powers and the Senate’s advice-and-consent role in federal judicial appointments.