Article snippet: The Senate is set to escalate a long simmering fight over MORE's judicial nominees. Republicans are poised to confirm a pick for the influential circuit courts next week without the support of either of the nominee's home-state senators—a first for the Trump era. Eric Miller is the first appeals judge to get a vote on the Senate floor this year, and the 31st of Trump’s presidency. Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.) set up an initial vote on his Ninth Circuit nomination for Monday evening. “The judicial train is running in the committee and it will soon hit the floor,” Sen. MORE (R-S.C.), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, told radio host Hugh Hewitt. Miller’s nomination is set to revive a feud over “blue slips,” a paper that indicates if a home-state senator supports a nomination. Though the Senate confirmed several appeals judges who were missing one blue slip last year, Miller would be the first circuit court nominee to be confirmed without getting a blue slip from either senator. Democrats argue Republicans are trying to defang the minority by moving nominees even if they don’t have the support of a home-state senator. Spokespeople for Sens. MORE (D-Wash.), confirmed to The Hill on Friday that they did not return a blue slip on Miller’s nomination. Murray first announced late last year that she wouldn’t return her blue slip for Miller, arguing that Republicans were trying to place “extreme conservatives" on the court. "This needs to end. So I am not going to b... Link to the full article to read more