Delaware is a special place, a special bar, and this nomination is norm shattering.
—Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on the elevation of White House lawyer Jennifer Mascott to the Third Circuit, Donald Trump’s third appellate judge appointed in his second term. Mascott did not get a blue-slip from either Delaware senator (the tradition of seeking home state senator approval before confirming a judge, which the first Trump administration abandoned to get more lifetime appointment for conservative nominees), and is not even a member of the Delaware bar. Mascott was confirmed by the Senate, 50-47 with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) crossing party lines to vote against the nomination.
