There is a lot of criticism of Senate leadership and most of it is highly debatable and arguably undeserved.  What is not debatable is that Senate leadership has done a great job confirming President Trump’s judicial nominees.  We detailed Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley’s efforts to end the abuse of the blue slip process.  As CNBC noted in an important article over the Thanksgiving break entitled "Congress has handed Trump a historic presidential victory":

A strange and unnecessary controversy has arisen in what should be a noncontroversial situation.  As Mary McCloud, General Counsel of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), frames the issue (emphasis added):

Pennsylvania Democratic Representative Bob Brady is under investigation for corruption:

RNLA Vice President for Judicial Affairs Eric Lycan wrote today in The Daily Caller about how the American Bar Association (ABA) is showing bias in its evaluations of President Trump's judicial nominees:

RNLA Advisory Council member Dan Backer cautioned against further regulation of political speech on the Internet in The Hill.  He noted that FEC Democrats are using the allegations of Russian interference in last year's election to call for regulatory changes, but paid political communication on the Internet is already regulated by the FEC:

This evening, White House Counsel and 2017 Ed Meese Award winner Don McGahn addressed the Federalist Society's National Lawyers Convention.  RNLA live-tweeted the speech, and all the tweets can be viewed here.  Mr. McGahn focused on the rule of law, due process, the administrative state, and the role of judges.  Here are some highlights:

Chairman Chuck Grassley of the Senate Judiciary Committee has been discussing his blue slip process over the last couple days. He penned anopinion article yesterday in The Hill. In the article, Chairman Grassley discussed the origin of the blue slips and the real history of their use:

Today, as part of the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on nominations, Pamela Bresnahan, Chair of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, testified on the ABA's role in evaluating judicial nominees and in particular, the committee's troubling finding of "not qualified" for Eighth Circuit nominee Steve Grasz.  Senator Ted Cruz of Texas co-chaired the hearing and gave opening remarks strongly critical of the ABA (starting at 3:35:30):

Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified before the House Judiciary Committee.  In his opening statement, he shared how theDepartment of Justice has advanced the rule of law since he took office:

Today, the Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky to decide whether "Minnesota statute Section 211B.11, which broadly bans all political apparel at the polling place, is facially overbroad under the First Amendment":