Record-Breaking: How Trump Compares to Obama on Judges, and Why They’ll Likely Be His Greatest Legacy

(Worthy News) – President Donald Trump may have been stymied on many fronts this past year, but in one of the most important areas – picking judges and getting them confirmed – he’s moving at an incredibly rapid pace, often despite Democratic opposition.

“In his first year, he made almost 70 judicial nominations, which was more than twice the number that President Obama made for his first year,” noted Elizabeth Slattery, a legal scholar at the Heritage Foundation.

“And he had a record-breaking number of appeals court nominees who were confirmed – 12 in his first year, in addition to a Supreme Court justice and about 10 other district court judges as well,” she said.

Record-Breaking: How Trump Compares to Obama on Judges, and Why They’ll Likely Be His Greatest Legacy

(Worthy News) – President Donald Trump may have been stymied on many fronts this past year, but in one of the most important areas – picking judges and getting them confirmed – he’s moving at an incredibly rapid pace, often despite Democratic opposition.

“In his first year, he made almost 70 judicial nominations, which was more than twice the number that President Obama made for his first year,” noted Elizabeth Slattery, a legal scholar at the Heritage Foundation.

“And he had a record-breaking number of appeals court nominees who were confirmed – 12 in his first year, in addition to a Supreme Court justice and about 10 other district court judges as well,” she said.

Record-Breaking: How Trump Compares to Obama on Judges, and Why They’ll Likely Be His Greatest Legacy

(Worthy News) – President Donald Trump may have been stymied on many fronts this past year, but in one of the most important areas – picking judges and getting them confirmed – he’s moving at an incredibly rapid pace, often despite Democratic opposition.

“In his first year, he made almost 70 judicial nominations, which was more than twice the number that President Obama made for his first year,” noted Elizabeth Slattery, a legal scholar at the Heritage Foundation.

“And he had a record-breaking number of appeals court nominees who were confirmed – 12 in his first year, in addition to a Supreme Court justice and about 10 other district court judges as well,” she said.

Record-Breaking: How Trump Compares to Obama on Judges, and Why They’ll Likely Be His Greatest Legacy

(Worthy News) – President Donald Trump may have been stymied on many fronts this past year, but in one of the most important areas – picking judges and getting them confirmed – he’s moving at an incredibly rapid pace, often despite Democratic opposition.

“In his first year, he made almost 70 judicial nominations, which was more than twice the number that President Obama made for his first year,” noted Elizabeth Slattery, a legal scholar at the Heritage Foundation.

“And he had a record-breaking number of appeals court nominees who were confirmed – 12 in his first year, in addition to a Supreme Court justice and about 10 other district court judges as well,” she said.

Record-Breaking: How Trump Compares to Obama on Judges, and Why They’ll Likely Be His Greatest Legacy

(Worthy News) – President Donald Trump may have been stymied on many fronts this past year, but in one of the most important areas – picking judges and getting them confirmed – he’s moving at an incredibly rapid pace, often despite Democratic opposition.

“In his first year, he made almost 70 judicial nominations, which was more than twice the number that President Obama made for his first year,” noted Elizabeth Slattery, a legal scholar at the Heritage Foundation.

“And he had a record-breaking number of appeals court nominees who were confirmed – 12 in his first year, in addition to a Supreme Court justice and about 10 other district court judges as well,” she said.

Netanyahu confronts Putin over Iran’s actions in Syria, Lebanon

Netanyahu confronts Putin over Iran’s actions in Syria, Lebanon

(Worthy News) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin met Monday in Moscow.

The two leaders were meeting at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow, where together they toured a new exhibit on the Sobibór extermination camp.

As they headed into their meeting, Netanyahu said: “I think that the main lesson of the rise of the Nazis and then the defeat of the Nazis is that we have to face murderous ideologies in time and with power.” [ Source: Fox News (Read More…) ]

Trump administration declines to apply new Russia sanctions, for now

Trump administration declines to apply new Russia sanctions, for now

(Worthy News) – The Trump administration said on Monday it would not immediately impose additional sanctions on Russia under a new law designed to punish Moscow’s alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, insisting the measure was already hitting Russian companies.

“Today, we have informed Congress that this legislation and its implementation are deterring Russian defense sales,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement. “Since the enactment of the … legislation, we estimate that foreign governments have abandoned planned or announced purchases of several billion dollars in Russian defense acquisitions.”

The administration faced a deadline on Monday to impose sanctions on anyone determined to conduct significant business with Russian defense and intelligence sectors, already sanctioned for their alleged role in the election. [ Source: Reuters (Read More…) ]

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe ‘removed’ from the bureau

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe ‘removed’ from the bureau

(Worthy News) – Top FBI official Andrew McCabe has been “removed” from his post as deputy director, Fox News is told, leaving the bureau after months of conflict-of-interest complaints from Republicans including President Trump.

A source confirmed to Fox News that McCabe is taking “terminal leave” – effectively taking vacation until he reaches his planned retirement in a matter of weeks. As such, he will not be reporting to work at the FBI anymore. [ Source: Fox News (Read More…) ]

Judge halts Texas law requiring burial or cremation of fetal tissue

Judge halts Texas law requiring burial or cremation of fetal tissue

(Worthy News) – A federal judge on Monday placed a temporary halt on a Texas law requiring abortion providers to dispose of aborted fetal tissue through burial or cremation, saying the state has not shown how the measure has a public health purpose.

U.S. District Judge David Ezra in Texas also said the law approved last year by the Republican-controlled legislature may violate constitutional due-process provisions.

“No health and safety purpose has been articulated despite (the regulation‘s) presence in the Texas Health and Safety Code,” Ezra wrote, adding the halt was to remain in place until a decision from a forthcoming federal bench trial. [ Source: Reuters (Read More…) ]