Donald Trump’s first five judicial nominees of his second term all reported membership in the Federalist Society, as the president condemned the attorney networking organization and its former chairman Leonard Leo for giving him “bad advice” on judicial nominations during his first term.
All five nominees have been members since either law school or the beginning of their legal careers, according to their Senate Judiciary Questionnaires posted Tuesday.
The picks include four nominees to Missouri’s St. Louis-based federal trial court and Whitney Hermandorfer, tapped for a Tennessee-seat on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, whom Trump met ...
Learn more about Bloomberg Law or Log In to keep reading:
See Breaking News in Context
Bloomberg Law provides trusted coverage of current events enhanced with legal analysis.
Already a subscriber?
Log in to keep reading or access research tools and resources.