总统唐纳德·特朗普和参议院共和党人周二开始加紧行动，在1月失去多数席位之前，尽可能多地确认司法提名人，其中包括宣布三名新提名人。
President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans started a rush Tuesday to confirm as many judicial nominees as possible before they lose their majority in January, including the announcement of three new nominees.
参议院司法委员会投票推进四名司法提名人进入参议院全院，为另外六名待决法官人选安排更多委员会投票，并为另外四人举行了确认听证会。
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance four judicial nominees to the Senate floor, teed up more committee votes on six other pending bench picks and held a confirmation hearing for another four.
特朗普随后在三条Truth Social帖子中，宣布了德克萨斯州和南卡罗来纳州联邦法院的新提名人。两名提名人的消息已经传出，因为他们在民主党在中期选举中赢得参议院控制权后不久，就向委员会提交了确认文件。
Trump then announced new nominees for the Texas and South Carolina federal bench in three Truth Social posts. Word had already gotten out about two of the nominees because they had submitted confirmation paperwork to the committee just after Democrats won control of the Senate in the midterms.
其中包括詹姆斯·沙利文，他竞选连任德克萨斯州最高法院法官失败。“泰德·克鲁兹参议员和约翰·科宁参议员强烈推荐他！”特朗普谈到沙利文时说。
That includes James Sullivan, who lost his race to be reelected to the Texas Supreme Court. “Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn highly recommend him!”Trump said of Sullivan.
科宁在周二会议后在X上发帖，重申他对沙利文的支持：“选举结果并不减损其能力和诚信的记录。他应该得到确认。”这种支持并未提及埃利奥特·盖泽，他是司法部法律顾问办公室负责人，据报道科宁此前曾说，盖泽没有经过该州司法选拔的“通常流程”。
Cornyn posted on X after Tuesday’s meeting to reiterate his support for Sullivan: “An election result does not diminish a record of ability and integrity. He should be confirmed.”That support was not noted for Elliot Gaiser, head of the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel, who Cornyn had reportedly said did not go through the “usual process” of judicial selection in the state.
盖泽在文件中写道，他在选举后的第二天接到克鲁兹办公室工作人员的联系，11月6日与科宁办公室工作人员讨论了可能的提名，并当天接到了白宫的联系。
Gaiser wrote in the paperwork that he was contacted by Cruz’s staff the day after the election, discussed a possible nomination with Cornyn’s staff on Nov. 6 and was contacted by the White House that same day.
伊利诺伊州参议员迪克·杜宾，该委员会的最高民主党人，说，共和党人正在违反规则，试图在参议员当选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科（德克萨斯州民主党人）于1月3日宣誓就职并对谁被选中拥有影响力之前，将司法提名人塞进联邦地区法院的职位。
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the top Democrat on the panel, said Republicans were breaking the rules by trying to jam judicial nominees into positions of the federal district court before Sen.-elect James Talarico (D-Texas) is sworn in on Jan. 3 and would have sway over who is selected.
“德克萨斯州共和党人的失败，在联邦法院终身任命上引发了一场抢夺，”杜宾说。
“The defeat of the Republicans in Texas has created a scramble for lifetime appointments to the federal bench,” Durbin said.
委员会主席查克·格拉斯利在周二的委员会行动中表示，他打算尽可能快地推进——而且委员会规则中没有禁止在确认程序上快速推进的规定。
Committee Chair Chuck Grassley said during Tuesday’s committee action that he intends to move as quickly as possible — and there is no committee rule against moving fast on confirmations.
格拉斯利还指责民主党利用“前所未有的阻挠手段”来拖延总统提名人的确认程序。
Grassley also accused Democrats of using “unprecedented levels of obstruction to stall” the process of confirming the president’s nominees.
“审议司法提名是该委员会最重要的工作之一，”格拉斯利说。“作为主席，我一直优先确保联邦法官席位由将维护我们宪法法治的法官填补。”
“Considering judicial nominations is some of the most important work that this committee does,” Grassley said. “As chairman, it’s been my priority to ensure that the federal benches are filled with judges who will uphold our constitutional rule of law.”
特朗普还在社交媒体帖子中表示，法官应成为共和党的优先事项：“美国参议院确认我们所有待处理的161项提名非常重要，其中包括25名联邦法官。”科宁告诉《华盛顿太阳报》，他不确定共和党能否及时推动总统所有剩余提名人获得确认。
Trump also indicated in a social media post that judges should be a priority for Republicans: “Very important for the U.S. Senate to confirm all of our pending 161 Nominations, including 25 Federal Judges.”Cornyn told The Washington Sun he’s unsure if Republicans will be able to push all of the president’s remaining nominees through to confirmation in time.
“那将非常困难，”科宁说。“但我认为我们应该尽可能多地让人选上。”新泽西州民主党参议员科里·布克告诉《太阳报》，他对特朗普最近的法官提名人感到“沮丧”，并警告他的共和党同僚不要打破参议院惯例，以加快填补空缺法官席位。
“That’s going to be very hard,” Cornyn said. “But I think we ought to get as many people as we can.”Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) told The Sun that he’s “frustrated” with Trump’s recent nominees for judgeships and warned his Republican colleagues against breaking Senate norms to speed through the empty bench seats.
“德克萨斯州的人民已经表达了意见，”布克说。“现在我们看到德克萨斯州的领导层，通过特朗普……试图利用这一程序，强行通过大量法官，以阻止詹姆斯·塔拉里科发表意见。”康涅狄格州民主党参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔表示，特朗普最近的一些提名是试图将政治上“受损”的法官安置在联邦法庭上，例如前政府官员。
“The people of Texas have spoken,” Booker said. “Now we’re seeing Texas leadership, through Trump … trying to take advantage of the process and shove through a lot of judges to keep James Talarico from having a say.”And Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) said some of Trump’s recent nominations are attempts to place politically “compromised” judges on the federal bench, such as former administration officials.
“他们被提名是因为他们的政治立场和个人忠诚，或许还因为他们参与了腐败计划，”布卢门撒尔说。“因为司法部已成为本届政府腐败的助推者。”
“They’re nominated because of their political positions and their personal loyalties, and perhaps their involvement in corrupt schemes,” Blumenthal said. “Because the Department of Justice has become an enabler for corruption in this administration.”