Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20161228:02:38:00
Like treasury and defense. white house chief of staff and u.n. chief ambassador. new people usually fill all those slots. that tradition is different when it comes to filling the judicial branch where the president only fills vacancies left over by the previous administration. through most u.s. history those were caused by a pretty usual process, unexpected deaths, the hearing process. even when george bush left office seats were left to president obama to fill. but thanks to senate republicans trump will enter office with over 100 judicial vacancies to fill. that's double bush's amount. plus ...