Here Come Da Judges!
Trump Wants a Fast Track to Further Warp the Judiciary
My granddaughters openly call me old. I wasn’t old enough to recall the source of the comedy skit “Here Come Da Judge” from the Laugh-In show on NBC while I was in high school. I imagined the recurring skits were performed by Flip Wilson when, in truth, it was Sammy Davis, Jr. on the show. Earlier, comedian Pigmeat Markham performed the routine, and he may not have been the first.
With Donald Trump's re-election, the judges are coming, but there is no humor. Trump is already making moves to push his people throughout the federal judiciary. He is demanding the yet-to-be-installed Republican Senate leadership give him the power to make recess appointments, skipping the burdensome confirmation process if things aren’t moving fast enough.
Give Mitch McConnell the credit he’s due for showing Trump the way. He pushed through as many federal judges as possible while alternately blocking or rushing through Supreme Court nominees depending on who wanted to appoint them. McConnell knew that the future of America…
