Trump Taking More Direct Approach in Judicial Nomination Process

President Donald Trump is taking a more hands-on approach over the judicial nomination process amid frustrations with the three Supreme Court justices he picked during his first term, reports the Washington Examiner.

Trump during his first time in office appointed three U.S. Supreme Court justices: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. He has privately expressed frustration that they could do more to back his agenda, specifically Barrett, whose rulings have not been in line with how she presented herself in an interview before the president nominated her to the bench in 2020, according to Trump allies, reports CNN.

Trump, according to senior aides and sources familiar with the inner workings of his process on the judicial front, is “personally directing a streamlined, loyalty-first vetting process shaped by the lessons from his first term,” reports the Examiner.

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