Senate Republicans Eye Judicial Nomination Blitz in Lame Duck

The Republican Party will likely not have control of the United States Senate until January 2033. Which means there will be no Conservative judges nominated to the courts until at least that time. As such, all of President Trump’s outstanding judicial nominees must be confirmed before the Democrats take control of the upper chamber in early January.

These spineless, gutless wonders are the reason we took such a drubbing, They better do something.

— Mike Davis (@mrddmia) November 6, 2026

— Mike Davis (@mrddmia) November 6, 2026

My latest in @FoxNews:

MIKE DAVIS: Lame-duck Senate has unfinished business and a ticking clock

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— Mike Davis (@mrddmia) November 7, 2026

Senate Republicans eye judicial nomination blitz in lame duck

By PunchBowl, November 7th, 2026

Senate Republicans are preparing to rush through judicial nominees after the midterms, aiming to get many of President Donald Trump’s picks locked in before this Congress ends.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is planning to hold two judicial nomination hearings in November, when the Senate is scheduled to be in D.C. for less than two weeks. Additional hearings are expected during the three-week December session.

The goal for Grassley and Senate GOP leaders is to clear as many district and circuit court judges as possible before the year ends and the nomination process resets in January. But this effort will intensify if the Senate majority changes hands after midterm elections. In that case, Senate GOP leaders are likely to make judicial nominees a top priority for floor time.

If Senate Democrats have the majority next year, it would be far harder for Trump to fill judicial vacancies. There’s a lot of pressure on Democratic senators from the left not to play ball on any Trump-nominated judges.