Trump Appeals Pick Rushing Heads to Senate Confirmation Vote (2)

Allison Jones Rushing soon could become one of the nation’s youngest federal judges.

The Senate voted 52 to 43 Monday night to end debate on the Williams & Connolly partner’s nomination to the Richmond-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, clearing the way for a vote as early as Tuesday on her likely confirmation.

President Donald Trump, with the help of the Republican-led Senate, aims to remake the federal judiciary with younger, conservative judges. With lifetime appointments, many will be on the bench for decades.

For the most part, Trump picks for the nation’s appeals courts are in ...