The Trump administration is preparing to blitz the federal judiciary system — and a new report suggests he's looking for one key qualification: loyalty.
Politico reported, citing four people with knowledge of the plans, late Tuesday that the White House is "quietly moving" to resume his first term's dramatic transformation of the judicial system, with his first round of new nominations expected in the next few weeks.
The news comes as President Donald Trump has been dealt multiple blows in federal court over his effort to mass deport immigrants and his dismantling of the federal government at the whims of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
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MAGA attorney Mike Davis told Politico the administration is looking for "battle-tested" judges now.
“They’re going to be looking for even more bold and fearless judges,” Davis told the outlet. “Judges who have been battle-tested.”
The nominations will face a Republican controlled Senate, with the GOP having 53 seats. Judges no longer need 60 votes to advance to confirmation.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) told the outlet to expect nominees who are "more ideologically extreme, on the fringe of what used to be the Republican Party.
“They will be MAGAs, basically. Given the trend of the end of the last Trump term, we’re heading over a cliff in terms of fringe right wing views. They will have a litmus test on steroids.”
After the report was published, Trump aide Stephen Miller wrote on X: "There are nearly 700 unelected district court judges. If the most extremist of these judges on any given day decides he is in charge of the executive branch then Article II, democracy and government itself cannot function."
