Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has backed and advocated the continued use of blue slips. The committee typically does not advance judicial nominations unless both senators representing the state where that judge would be located return blue slips approving their nomination.
Each senator submits a blue slip with their favorable or unfavorable opinion about a nomination. However, they can also choose not to submit one.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has historically honored blue slips and considered the opinion of the two senators, regardless of party, before advancing a nomination.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) walks from the Senate chamber in the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Introduced into the Senate in the early 1900s, the use of blue
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