North Carolina Solicitor General Tapped for Fourth Circuit (2)

The White House announced plans Wednesday to nominate North Carolina’s solicitor general to the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

If confirmed, Ryan Park would sit on the Richmond-based federal appeals court, which covers the federal trial courts in Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. He would fill the seat of James Andrew Wynn, an Obama appointee who said earlier this year he planned to take senior status, a form of semi-retirement.

Park notably argued before the Supreme Court in 2022 for the University of North Carolina to defend the school’s affirmative action policies. He ...