President Donald Trump renewed his demand for the Senate's "blue slip" tradition to be done away with and urged Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley to tell Democrats to "go to HELL."

President Donald Trump is once again upping the pressure on Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley to do away with a century-old Senate tradition that places some constraints on the president's authority to appoint judicial nominees.

Senators are fiercely protective of the longstanding precedent that gives them deference over who serves as U.S. attorneys and district court judges back home.