President Donald Trump announced his first intended trial court nominees of his second term for seats in Missouri, including the state’s solicitor general.
Missouri Solicitor General Josh Divine, who previously served as chief counsel to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas, is one of four planned nominees for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri unveiled by Trump on Tuesday in a Truth Social post.
“We must have Constitutionalist Judges now, more than EVER BEFORE,” Trump said in announcing the selection of Divine, a 2016 Yale Law grad.
Trump also plans to nominate ...
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