The Senate just confirmed Michael Brennan to be a lifetime judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. Let me tell you about all the ironies. (1/5)
Republicans denied Obama the ability to fill this court seat for years, in part via Sen. Ron Johnson refusing to turn in a blue slip for Obama's nominee. Today, Republicans put Brennan in this seat without Tammy Baldwin's blue slip being turned in. (2/5)
Brennan, who got confirmed today without both of his home-state senators' blue slips in, wrote a 2011 editorial endorsing the blue slip process-- after Johnson refused to return his blue slip for Obama's nominee. (3/5)
Sen. Ron Johnson almost single-handedly kept this court seat open for six YEARS (my story below). Part of his delays involved his demand to restructure WI's judicial nominating panel to benefit the GOP. Brennan did not earn the support of this panel. (4/5) huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-…
This is just one example of how Mitch McConnell and the GOP have been very effective at denying federal court seats to Obama -- and letting Trump now fill them with young, conservative, lifetime judges. (5/5)
