US EditionSenate Confirms Trump's First Judicial Nominee of His Second Term
UNITED STATES SENATE, JUL 14 – Whitney Hermandorfer was confirmed by a 46-42 Senate vote in a party-line decision, marking President Trump's first judicial appointment of his second term amid criticism of her limited experience.
- The Senate approved Whitney Hermandorfer by a 46-42 vote to become a judge on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, marking President Donald Trump’s initial judicial appointment during his second term.
- Trump currently has 49 judicial vacancies to fill out of nearly 900 judgeships, which is fewer than the more than 100 openings he inherited during the final years of the Obama administration when a Republican-controlled Senate limited confirmations.
- Hermandorfer, who served as the head of strategic litigation for Tennessee’s attorney general, played a role in supporting Trump-era initiatives such as attempts to curtail birthright citizenship and upheld the state’s stringent abortion restrictions.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune pledged the Senate will expedite confirmations despite fewer vacancies, while Democrats criticized Hermandorfer as extreme and questioned her limited courtroom experience.
- Hermandorfer's confirmation highlights Trump's ongoing initiative to influence the federal judiciary as the Judiciary Committee moves forward with decisions on several other nominees, among them Emil Bove, whose candidacy is currently under investigation.
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