On Tuesday, New Jersey federal judges decided to fire Alina Habba, refusing to vote to extend her 120-day appointment as U.S. attorney for New Jersey, leading to uproar from the right. Now, the Trump administration seems to have found a loophole to keep one of their most loyal operatives back into a powerful position.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to advance seven of President Donald Trump’s nominees to serve as U.S. attorney. Six sailed through on a voice vote while the interim U.S. attorney for D.C., Jeanine Pirro, advanced along party lines. This is how the system is supposed to work.