Trump Seeks to Get Rid of Senate’s Blue Slip Tradition: What to Know

Trump Seeks to Get Rid of Senate’s Blue Slip Tradition: What to Know

The Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

President Donald Trump has called for an end to the Senate tradition known as the “blue slip,” despite resistance from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).

The blue slip is a tradition that allows senators from the state in which a judicial nominee has been selected to approve or block the nomination.

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