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Input: Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) speaks to reporters about the proposed Senate Republican tax bill, after attending the Senate GOP policy luncheon, at US Capitol on November 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Mark Wilson, Getty Images) 
  
 WASHINGTON – The White House abruptly moved Thursday to withdraw a controversial judicial nominee, just minutes before the Senate was poised to vote on the candidate's bid for a seat on the federal bench. 
  
 The nominee – Oregon prosecutor Ryan W. Bounds – had come under scrutiny for inflammatory writings he penned in college. Critics said Bounds used racially offensive language and was dismissive of sexual assault in those writings. 
  
 President Donald Trump had nominated Bounds to fill a vacancy on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. 
  
 While attending Stanford University, Bounds derided groups promoting multiculturalism and civil rights, and he argued against expelling students for sexual assault. 
  
 “... There is nothing really inherently wrong with the University failing to punish an alleged rapist – regardless his guilt – in the absence of adequate certainty; there is nothing that the University can do to objectively ensure that the rapist does not strike again," he wrote, according to an analysis of his record by the Alliance for Justice, a liberal advocacy group. 
  
 And, “[e]xpelling students is probably not going to contribute a great deal toward a rape victim’s recovery; there is no moral imperative to risk egregious error in doing so,” he continued. 
  
 Bounds also called activism on behalf of racial minorities and gays and lesbians a “pestilence” that “stalks us” and “threatens to corrupt our scholastic experience,” according to the Alliance. 
  
 Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., characterized the judge’s writings as "ugly" and "intolerant." 
  
 "If you accept the view I have that a judge is held to a higher standard…this would have lowered the bar very dramatically,” Wyden said. 
  
 He and Oregon's other U.S. senator, Democrat Jeff Merkley, fiercely opposed Bounds’ nomination, and they lobbied intensely against him, buttonholing other senators and speaking for hours on the Senate floor Tuesday in protest. 
  
 Republicans hold a narrow 51-to-49 seat majority; GOP leaders were prepared to push ahead with a vote on Bounds’ nomination until one Republican, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, signaled his opposition. 
  
 “After talking with the nominee last night and meeting with him today, I had unanswered questions that led to me being unable to support him,” Scott said in a statement Thursday. 
  
 Scott is not known for bucking his party or picking fights with Trump. But he has spoken out forcefully on issues of race. 
  
 Merkley said Scott's decision was pivotal in forcing the White House to withdraw Bounds' nomination. 
  
 “The courageous stand of Tim Scott made a big difference, raising the dialogue with his caucus,” Merkley said. 
  
 Other Republicans said they supported Scott's decision. 
  
 Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., a member of the GOP leadership, said he wasn’t aware of Bounds’ writings until recently. 
  
 “They weren’t racist,” Blunt said of Bounds' college writings. But he called them “not racially sensitive” and said they had sparked concerns. 
  
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 FILE - In this May 15, 2018, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pauses as he speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. In a surprise move, McConnell has withdrawn one of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees just minutes before he was set for a confirmation vote.... (Associated Press) 
  
 FILE - In this May 15, 2018, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pauses as he speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. In a surprise move, McConnell has withdrawn one of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees just minutes before he was set for a confirmation vote.... (Associated Press) FILE - In this May 15, 2018, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pauses as he speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. In a surprise move, McConnell has withdrawn one of... (Associated Press) 
  
 WASHINGTON (AP) — In a stunning move, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has withdrawn one of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees just minutes before he was set for a confirmation vote. 
  
 McConnell announced Thursday on the Senate floor that he was pulling the nomination of Ryan Bounds. Trump had nominated the assistant U.S. attorney in Oregon to be a judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. 
  
 The withdrawal of the nomination is a blow to the White House. Judicial nominations are rarely pulled back at such a late stage in the process unless a nominee does not have the support to pass. 
  
 Republicans have been able to use their thin majority to push several of the president's nominees through despite overwhelming Democratic opposition. Sen. John McCain's absence due to his battle with brain cancer has given the GOP even less cushion, with Republicans holding a 50-49 voting edge. 
  
 That cushion evaporated when Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina said he needed more information about Bounds. 
  
 "After talking with the nominee last night and meeting with him today, I had unanswered questions that led to me being unable to support him," Scott said. 
  
 The two senators from Bounds' home state, Democratic Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, had both objected to his nomination, saying they were not consulted by the Trump administration before the choice. They highlighted writings from Bounds' years at Stanford University that they said revealed alarming views on race, the rights of workers and the gay community. 
  
 The Senate gives lawmakers a chance to weigh in on a judicial nominee from their home state by submitting a blue-colored form called the "blue slip." A positive blue slip signals the Senate can move forward with the nomination process. The blue slip courtesy is designed to generate consultation between the executive branch and Congress. The two Oregon senators signaled their objections by returning a negative blue slip, which in the past has generally stalled a nomination. 
  
 This time, Republicans opted to move forward anyway, which meant that if Bounds had been confirmed, it would have been the first time since at least 1956 that a nominee had been confirmed with both home state senators returning negative blue slips. 
  
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The White House on Thursday withdrew one of President Trump's judicial nominees minutes before he was scheduled for a Senate confirmation vote, CNN reports. In what the AP calls a "stunning move," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced on the Senate floor that he was pulling Ryan Bounds' nomination to be a judge on the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Bounds, an assistant US attorney in Oregon, had come under fire for writings during his years as a student at Stanford University that critics say are intolerant. Bounds wrote that activism on behalf of racial minorities and gays and lesbians was a "pestilence" threatening "to corrupt our scholastic experience," per USA Today. He also argued against expelling students for sexual assault. It's rare for a judicial nomination to be withdrawn at so late a stage unless the nominee lacks the support to be confirmed. The two senators from Bounds' home state, Democrats Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, had both returned what's known as a negative blue slip, objecting to Bounds' nomination because of the writings as well as the fact that, they say, they were not consulted by the Trump administration before Bounds was nominated. The Republicans have a 50-49 voting edge in the Senate, but two Republicans—Tim Scott of South Carolina and Marco Rubio of Florida—had voiced concerns about Bounds, with Scott announcing he couldn't support him Thursday. According to CNN's sources, several other senators then said they felt the same way; Merkley credits Scott's decision with forcing the White House to withdraw Bounds' nomination.