Danna Jackson, nominated to be the first American-Indian judge on Montana's US district court, was not given a hearing on Wednesday due to partisan frictions between the state's Republican senator and the Biden administration. Republican Senator Steve Daines of Montana opposed her nomination, citing his refusal to return a 'blue slip' necessary for the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider her. Jackson, who has served as the tribal attorney for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, faces a likely doomed nomination as a result.
Republican Senator Steve Daines of Montana said he would not return a ‘blue slip’ that would allow the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider Danna Jackson. Danna Jackson has been the tribal attorney for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes https://t.co/ySJkzMT61F
Sen. Steve Daines effectively scuttled Danna Jackson’s nomination to be the first American-Indian judge on Montana’s federal trial court. https://t.co/Uzy7qMyi0J
Republican US Senator Steve Daines of Montana said he will oppose President Joe Biden's pick who would have become the first Native American to serve as a federal district court judge in his home state, likely dooming her nomination https://t.co/QQwkRMkW6N https://t.co/mUDzGWMa6s
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The White House's nominee to be the first American-Indian judge on Montana's US district court wasn't given a hearing Wednesday as partisan frictions between the state's Republican senator and the Biden administration disrupt the nomination. https://t.co/pArG3FBbvu
The White House’s nominee to be the first American-Indian judge on Montana’s US district court wasn’t given a hearing as partisan frictions between the state’s Republican senator and the Biden administration disrupt the nomination. https://t.co/2W8oip67m0
Montana district court nominee Danna Jackson is not at today's hearing (while others nominated the same day are). The quotes in this article come off as a trial balloon to spike district court blue slips. https://t.co/K8YX6dWiV1