Blackburn grills federal appeals court nominee Mathis over ‘rap sheet’ for traffic tickets
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennesee, seen here in 2021, said she ““cannot in good conscience support the nomination” of Andre Mathis. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The Judiciary Committee scrap over Mathis’ nomination was part of a larger issue about blue slips used to express support or opposition by Senators on federal appeals court nominees when the home-state Senators are not of the president’s party.
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