If you listened to the wails of protest from Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) this week, you’d think Senate Republicans had set the Capitol building on fire. The left’s media allies are in a full-blown meltdown, clutching their pearls and screaming about norms. In reality, all Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and the GOP did was finally close a loophole that Democrats have cynically abused for years, ending their pathetic charade of “principled obstruction” and allowing the people’s business to move forward.
The move is a simple, common-sense change: lowering the threshold to confirm a slate of President Trump’s highly qualified judicial nominees from an arbitrary 60 votes to a simple majority. This isn’t the “power grab” the left is hyperventilating about; it’s a necessary correction to break the Democrats’ relentless strategy of needless delay. These nominees have already been vetted. Their credentials are impeccable. The only thing “extreme” here is the Democrat Party’s continued refusal to accept the results of an election they lost.
U.S. Attorneys have immense power, and the Constitution gives the Senate, not unelected judges, the authority to confirm them.
Our No Appointments by Rogue Judges Act ends indefinite judicial appointments by imposing strict limits, closing loopholes, and restoring the… pic.twitter.com/9K8XwivRHc
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) September 3, 2025
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But of course, we must talk about hypocrisy—the Democrat Party’s guiding principle. The modern era of norms-breaking judicial tactics begins and ends with the modern left. Who first nuked the filibuster for lower-court nominees back in 2013? Harry Reid and the Democrats. Who then shamelessly whined when the GOP expanded that same rule to the Supreme Court in 2017? The very same Democrats.
INTRODUCING the No Appointments by Rogue Judges Act.
This legislation will end unchecked judicial power by capping temporary U.S. Attorney appointments, forcing the Senate to confirm or reject nominees and restoring accountability. pic.twitter.com/IpaOGzljnX
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) August 15, 2025
Their fake outrage isn’t over principle, but rather power. They loved changing the rules when it suited them and now cry foul when the tables are turned. It’s a pathetic display that would be hilarious if it weren’t so transparently dishonest.
If Punchbowl is right about what Senate Republicans are considering, en bloc consideration without caps and without committee restrictions seems like the best way to proceed. | @mike_frags https://t.co/1FO3SHNpgh
— National Review (@NRO) September 3, 2025
This rule change is a monumental win for the rule of law and for every American parent who is tired of woke activists in black robes legislating from the bench. It empowers the elected majority to actually govern. Meanwhile, Democrats have made it clear their only strategy is to run out the clock, obstruct, and hope we forget they are supposed to be the minority party. They aren’t judging nominees on qualifications; they’re opposing them because they know these men and women won’t be rubber stamps for the radical left’s agenda.
The Senate is not a council of unelected bureaucrats meant to stall a president’s agenda indefinitely. It is a body that must govern. By cutting through the Democrats’ dishonest delay tactics, Senator Thune and the GOP have taken a crucial step toward restoring functionality and confirming the stellar judges our federal courts desperately need. It’s a move that is both smart and long overdue. Finally, the adults in the room are making the rules.
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