McConnell Blasts Judges Who Reversed Retirement Post-Trump Win
The Senate’s top Republican criticized two federal judges for walking back their plans to retire from active status, preventing Donald Trump from filling their seats when he returns to the White House. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) admonished the two trial court appointees in floor remarks on Monday as “partisan Democrat district judges” for reversing their plans “after the American people voted to fire Democrats"in last month’s election.
McConnell didn’t name the judges. But US District Judge Algenon Marbley notified President Joe Biden of his plans to remain an active judge on the Southern District of Ohio just days after Trump won reelection. And US District Judge Max Cogburn’s seat on the Western District of North Carolina is no longer listed as a future vacancy on the federal judiciary’s official site. Marbley is a Bill Clinton appointee and Cogburn was appointed by Barack Obama.
Both Marbley and Cogburn made public their intent to take senior status, a form of semi-retirement, upon confirmation of successors to their respective seats. Biden never nominated replacements.
McConnell said that it’s “hard to conclude” that the judges’ decisions are “anything more than open partisanship."He later added that “the incoming administration would be wise to explore all available recusal options with these judges, because it’s clear now that they have a political finger on the scale.”
In response to McConnell’s remarks, Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) referenced the Senate GOP move to block Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court in the last year of Obama’s presidency. Trump later appointed Neil Gorsuch.
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No idea why I wrote December 3rd, that's today. 
So why can't we fast track it with a month to go?
