The Senate has opened its hearing process to decide whether to approve President Donald Trump’s nominations of judges to the federal bench.

Senators on the Judiciary Committee opened the review of a judge appointed to an appeals court and several others to district courts.

At the outset, reported Politico, political posturing got underway with Republican Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, reminding Democrats that former President Joe Biden often had the support of opposition Republicans for his nominees. “Elections, as we all know, have consequences,” said Grassley. “I worry that partisanship will hamper these efforts.”

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