By honoring the U.S. Senate’s blue-slip tradition, two GOP members are “becoming part of the antithesis” of what President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to accomplish, acting New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said.

Habba was nominated for the full-time New Jersey position in March, but Democrat Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim used blue slips to prevent her from advancing in the chamber. Blue slips allow home-state senators to block U.S. attorney and District Court judge nominees.

Trump has called on Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to have the “courage” to stop honoring the blue slips, but the senator has refused to budge. Also, committee member Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., has said he’d serve as a check against anyone opposed by a home-state senator even if Grassley revoked the procedure, Politico reported.

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