Three of Donald Trump’s selections for a California federal district court short on judges easily cleared a Senate committee.
The Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced the nominations of Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha, Stanley Blumenfeld, and Mark C. Scarsi to the Central District of California without opposition.
The district, which has courthouses in Los Angeles, Riverside and Santa Ana, presently has nine vacancies. No California district court nominee has made it through to confirmation under the Republican-led Senate during the Trump administration, yet the state leads the nation in unfilled federal judgeships.
Confirmations in states with one or two Democratic ...
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