Schumer: Democratic US Senate may block Trump nominees for Supreme Court, lower courts

By: Jennifer Shutt

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: September 30, 2026

Words: 638

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer indicated Wednesday that should Democrats regain control of the chamber following the elections, they plan to block judicial nominees sent up by President Donald Trump, including for any possible vacancies on the Supreme Court.

"Look, the bottom line is, one of the reasons that we want to do everything we can to take back the Senate is not let Trump put such horrible justices, MAGA justices, on …

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