{"id":6640,"date":"2020-06-21T22:56:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T03:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/?p=6640"},"modified":"2020-06-22T10:03:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T15:03:02","slug":"sdny-the-continuing-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/?p=6640","title":{"rendered":"SDNY &#8211; The Continuing Saga"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"27o04\" data-offset-key=\"5scvk-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5scvk-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5scvk-0-0\">Looks like Trump&#8217;s people assumed Lindsey Graham would rubber-stamp Clayton&#8217;s nomination to SDNY without, ya know, actually checking in with Graham. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/press\/rep\/releases\/chairman-graham-statement-on-trump-administrations-intent-to-nominate-jay-clayton-to-be-us-attorney-for-southern-district-of-new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Graham, so far, says he&#8217;ll follow the standard process of waiting for blue slips from Gillibrand and Schumer<\/a>. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"27o04\" data-offset-key=\"4chu7-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4chu7-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"4chu7-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"27o04\" data-offset-key=\"bkdvc-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bkdvc-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bkdvc-0-0\">Personally, I give this above even chances of sticking even after someone explains to Trump what a blue slip is. Trump wants the short-term win, but Graham seems to be looking at long-term strategy. Graham is up for reelection this year &#8230; but the presidential race will drive turnout. I can&#8217;t see Trump voters abstaining in the Senate race &#8230; so Graham can afford some voter outrage from the MAGA extremists. Some centrists could find presidential interference off-putting, and conservative Dems and liberal Repubs would constitute the votes actually up-for-grabs. But, beyond Graham&#8217;s possible continued tenure &#8212; at *some* point, Democrats will be in charge again, and a lot of Senate traditions cede a significant amount of power to the minority. Upend those traditions for a quick win today, you harm yourself in the future. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"27o04\" data-offset-key=\"aa44t-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"aa44t-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"aa44t-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"27o04\" data-offset-key=\"4soij-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4soij-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like Trump&#8217;s people assumed Lindsey Graham would rubber-stamp Clayton&#8217;s nomination to SDNY without, ya know, actually checking in with Graham. Graham, so far, says he&#8217;ll follow the standard process of waiting for blue slips from Gillibrand and Schumer. \u00a0 Personally, I give this above even chances of sticking even after someone explains to Trump &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1028,1026,1027],"class_list":["post-6640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-blue-slip-rule","tag-sdny","tag-senate-judiciary-committee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6641,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6640\/revisions\/6641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}