President Donald Trump plans to nominate Tennessee state litigator Whitney Hermandorfer to the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the first judicial nominee of his new term.
Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post Thursday night. He said the former Big Law attorney and clerk to conservative Supreme Court justices was a “Fighter who will inspire confidence in our Legal System.”
If confirmed, Hermandorfer would preside in Nashville on the court covering Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky, and Michigan. She would replace Jane Branstetter Stranch, an Obama appointee who announced last year that she planned to step away ...
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