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.