The end of filibusters, changes in other Hill customs and subcontracting nominations to conservative groups – all have combined to make Senate judicial confirmations much more about “consent” than “advice,” CQ legal affairs reporter Todd Ruger explains.   Show Notes: Senate Republicans Steamroll Judicial ProcessSupreme Court Hops Into Case About a Frog and Property Rights Leonard Leo of @FedSoc, an outside adviser to the president on Supreme Court and judicial selection, on Trump's year filling federal court vacancies. https://t.co/bPglHKZRxQ — Todd Ruger (@ToddRuger) January 23, 2018var rcrdTwitter = 1;More From Roll Call Decoder— How Congressional Debate Is Supposed to Work (And How It Really Works)[jwp-video n="1"]
