Joe Manchin adopted a blanket policy that undermined Democratic judicial confirmations in 2024. What was his rule?
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Manchin, who had already left the Democratic Party to become an independent, declared he would only support judicial nominees who attracted at least one Republican vote. Since Republicans uniformly op...
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