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December 14, 2017

Lawmakers Refuse to Confirm 2 Trump Nominees for Lifetime Federal Judgeship
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The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Iowa Senator Chuck
Grassley, said President Trump's judicial nominee Jeff Mateer will not
be confirmed for a federal lifetime judgeship. Mateer is a lawyer for
the state of Texas and a right-wing religious extremist who has called
transgender children evidence of "Satan's plan." Senator Grassley also
said a second Trump judicial nominee, Brett Talley, will not be
confirmed. Talley is a blogger who has never argued a case in federal
court in his life. He was rated "unanimously unqualified" for the post
by the American Bar Association.


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