Trump Appellate Pick Ozerden in Limbo With Senate Adjourned

Two of President Donald Trump’s appeals court selections didn’t make it out of the Senate before lawmakers adjourned for the year, and the re-nomination prospects in 2020 for one of them are unclear.

Andrew Brasher, tapped for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, is likely to be sent back to the Senate by the White House as early as January. But Halil Suleyman Ozerden, nominated to the Fifth Circuit, lacked support from key Republicans in 2019 and his future as a nominee remains clouded.

“I’m hopeful that the president early next year will nominate a strong constitutionalist ...