US EditionUS Senate confirms Trump judge pick opposed by ex-Fox News host
Anna St. John was confirmed by a 51-45 Senate vote despite Democratic opposition over her past support for mandatory arbitration in workplace sexual harassment cases.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate approved President Donald Trump's nominee Anna St. John to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana by a 51-45 vote.
- Critics pointed to a November 2021 testimony opposing a ban on mandatory arbitration, and Gretchen Carlson wrote on January 29 that St. John sought to “gaslight” women, with Democrats opposing her earlier this month.
- St. John graduated from LSU and Columbia Law School and clerked for Judge Rhesa H. Barksdale, Fifth Circuit, while serving as president and general counsel of the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute.
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Senate Confirms Anti-Civil Rights Lawyer Anna St. John to District Court in Louisiana - National Women's Law Center
Washington, DC – The U.S. Senate today confirmed Anna St. John to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in a 51-45 party line vote. “Anna St. John has built her career fighting to undermine consumer protections, silence survivors of sexual harassment and assault, and strip away protections for LGBTQIA+ people,” said Alison Gill, director of […]
Senate confirms Trump nominee Anna St. John as federal judge for New Orleans area.
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved President Donald Trump’s nominee, Anna St. John, as a federal judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana, based in New Orleans, on a 51-45 vote.
US Senate confirms Trump judge pick opposed by ex-Fox News host
A conservative legal activist won U.S. Senate approval Tuesday to become a federal judge in Louisiana, despite objections by Democrats and a former Fox News host over testimony she gave five years ago opposing a ban on mandatory arbitration for workplace sexual assault or harassment claims.
US Senate Confirms Ex-Covington Litigator Anna St. John to Federal Judgeship
Anna St. John began her legal career at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., after graduating from Columbia University School of Law, and will join the New Orleans federal bench as a judicial appointee of President Donald Trump.
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