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Judicial Nominees Appear Before Senate
- Donald Trump's first judicial nominees since his White House return will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 4, 2025.
- The nominations follow Trump's break with Federalist Society leader Leonard Leo and his priority to install judges who limit federal overreach and uphold constitutional principles.
- The group includes five nominees led by Missouri Solicitor General Joshua Divine, notable for defending state laws and blocking Biden's $700 billion student loan plan.
- During his initial term, Trump selected a total of 234 judges, among them three justices for the Supreme Court, significantly influencing a conservative judiciary that rolled back abortion rights and restricted the authority of administrative agencies.
- These nominations aim to continue shifting the judiciary rightward and provoke debate over the courts’ ideological trajectory amid concerns about fracturing established judicial pipelines.
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'A dangerous record': Alarm as Trump continues far-right 'crusade against our courts'
U.S. President Donald Trump worked to force the federal judiciary to the far right with 234 confirmed nominees during his previous term, and he continued that mission on Wednesday, when the first slate of his second-term selections attended a Senate hearing. Trump has announced 11 nominees, but only Whitney Hermandorfer, his pick to serve on the Cincinnati, Ohio-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, and four candidates to be district …
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