President-elect Donald Trump issued angry and urgent marching orders to Republican loyalist lawmakers on Tuesday.
True to form, he did it on Truth Social.
Trump told Republicans not to allow Sen. Chuck Schumer and fellow Democrats to confirm judicial nominees in a last-ditch effort to limit the power he'll hold in his second term.
"The Democrats are trying to stack the Courts with Radical Left Judges on their way out the door," Trump declared. "Republican Senators need to Show Up and Hold the Line — No more Judges confirmed before Inauguration Day!"
Senate Democrats, who currently hold the majority, have been "rushing to confirm" more than two dozen of President Joe Biden’s remaining nominees before Republicans take control of the chamber, the Washington Post reported Monday.
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Should the Democrats succeed, Trump will have just 36 judicial vacancies to fill — a stark contrast from the 108 vacancies he had at the start of his first term, the Post reported.
Lawyer Robert Luther III recently warned the conservative Federalist Society not to expect 2017 numbers in 2025.
“I’ve studied the data and, realistically, that 108 number that we had in 2017 is probably pretty close to the number of nominations President Trump will be able to make over the entirety of his term if the Republicans keep the Senate,” he reportedly said.
Democrats, meanwhile, are raising concerns that Republican loyalists have already proven themselves too willing to hand extensive power to Trump.
"What the hell is going on here?" Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) said on the House floor Tuesday. "I blame the politicians, including the incoming administration, who have abandoned workers and who have done nothing while the rich get richer and everyone else gets screwed."