Senate Confirms First Trump Judicial Nominee Since February

The Senate confirmed its first judge since February after the pandemic delayed one of President Donald Trump’s most successful missions: reshaping courts with conservatives.

Scott Rash was cleared by the Republican-led chamber, 74-20, to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Rash, a state court judge in Arizona, will fill one of two seats on that trial court considered a “judicial emergency,” a term given to a vacancy that increases the workload for the remaining judges.

Rash’s confirmation brings Trump’s total number of combined district and appellate appointees to 190, in addition to two Supreme Court justices. Of ...