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    Trump's court appointments have run smoothly — because he's had some help

    by Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times Jul 04, 2018 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump failed repeatedly to get Congress to pass a new health care law. He came up empty on immigration and gun bills after giving lawmakers conflicting messages. His budgets were ignored on Capitol Hill. And after 17 months in office, he has yet to even write his long-promised measure to repair the nation's infrastructure.

    Yet when it comes to stocking the nation's federal courts, Trump has performed with remarkable efficiency and success. He got the Senate to confirm conservative Judge Neil M. Gorsuch for the Supreme Court soon after taking office and since has been remaking the lower courts far more quickly than his predecessors.

    Unlike in other areas in which Trump insists on

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