How judicial appointments in Texas will work or not under a Democratic president and two GOP senators
President Joe Biden’s administration is leaning on Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a Dallas Democrat, to help come up with candidates to be federal judges and prosecutors
Dallas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson is channeling years of Democratic complaints that the GOP has stiffed them on judicial nominations by saying there is now “some expectation from our delegation that we have input.” (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News)(Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer) Revised to include additional information about blue slips.
WASHINGTON – A potential showdown looms over Texas appointments after the White House tapped Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a Dallas Democrat, to lead judicial vetting efforts that have traditionally been handled by the state’s Republican senators.