The McConnell adviser said the GOP leader contacted White House chief of staff Ron Klain in early 2022 and asked about a judicial appointment for Meredith. McConnell also said he was "very surprised" that Paul expressed his opposition to a Meredith nomination. "This was a personal friendship gesture," McConnell added. McConnell told The New York Times "there was no deal" with Biden to trade a Meredith nomination for other considerations in the chamber and called the president's willingness to nominate his favored conservative judge the kind of “collegiality” senators used to display. Republicans abandoned the "blue slip" practice for appeals court judges during the Trump administration but kept it for district court judges. Traditionally, home-state senators return what's known as a "blue slip" to indicate support for federal nominees for district judges. "I suspect the White House is relieved I suspect Dick Durbin is relieved and I suspect that the political people in the Biden team are relieved that Rand Paul blew this up," the McConnell adviser said. "He did them a huge favor." How the 'blue slip' works
Meredith is the type of nominee conservatives would have been overjoyed to see, the adviser said, particularly under a Democratic president and Senate. In those circumstances, the president typically chooses the nominee without the home-state senators' input, said the adviser, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the relationship between the two senators. “McConnell's to blame for tanking this because he tried to do it secretly," Paul told Politico Monday.īut that opportunity doesn't exist when the president is from the opposing party.
"Unfortunately, instead of communicating and lining up support for him, Senator McConnell chose to cut a secret deal with the White House that fell apart."Īs a result, Paul said, he did not return Meredith's "blue slip" to the White House, effectively killing the nomination plans. I think he would make a good judge," Paul told USA TODAY in a written statement. "I support Chad Meredith and supported him when he was considered for a different position. District Court vacancy in Kentucky's Eastern District. Paul accused McConnell of not consulting him in the effort to have Biden nominate Chad Meredith to fill a U.S. Rand Paul, R-Ky., blamed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for the collapse of a deal with President Joe Biden to nominate a conservative, anti-abortion attorney as a federal judge in Kentucky. “McConnell's to blame for tanking this because he tried to do it secretly," Paul said.Paul did not return Meredith's "blue slip," which the White House cited in abandoning the planned nomination.Rand Paul said Mitch McConnell did not extend him the courtesy of reaching out about the planned nomination of Chad Meredith. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. "I love seeing joy on the face, and I have seen it the last two hours driving him up here.”Ĭopyright 2022 The Associated Press. “My whole life, I’ve loved making people’s dreams come true,” the sheriff said. “He's doin' it!”īernstein, who is seeking reelection in November, doesn't let blindness discourage him from certain goals. Sheriff Chris Swanson was in the passenger seat giving directions and encouragement. “I’ve always wanted that feeling of what it’s like to hit the gas or what it’s like to turn on the ignition and what it’s like to operate a steering wheel," Bernstein, 47, told WNEM-TV. – A blind Michigan judge went for a drive and a sheriff rode shotgun.Īs 100 people watched, Richard Bernstein of the Michigan Supreme Court drove a car on a dirt track Tuesday at the Genesee County fairgrounds, northwest of Flint.
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