The Senate’s ‘Blue Slip’ Tradition Is Hampering Trump’s Appointments

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The Senate’s ‘Blue Slip’ Tradition Is Hampering Trump’s Appointments
The Senate side of the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 2, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Jackson Richman
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Nathan Worcester
Nathan Worcester
Senior Reporter
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has been frustrated by a Senate tradition that has negatively affected his appointments for U.S. attorney positions.

The “blue slip” is a tradition in the upper chamber in which home state senators of U.S. attorney and district court nominees either approve or disapprove of that person. Both state senators must return their blue slip for the nomination to be considered.

Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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