President Trump announced Wednesday a wave of 10 nominations to the federal bench.
The announcement includes one nomination to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and nine nominations to U.S. district courts. Eight of the 10 nominations were sent to the Senate.
Trump’s latest wave of judicial nominees comes after he broke the record last week for most federal appeals court judges confirmed during a president’s first year in office. The Senate has confirmed 12 of Trump’s appeals court judges.
Trump nominated Wednesday Joel M. Carson of New Mexico to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. The U.S. district court nominations are:
- Susan Paradise Baxter of Pennsylvania to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- Colm Connolly of Delaware to the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
- Kari Dooley of Connecticut to the U.S. District Court of Connecticut
- Gordon Giampietro of Wisconsin to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- Marilyn Jean Horan of Pennsylvania to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- William Jung of Florida to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- Chad Kennedy of Pennsylvania to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Maryellen Noreika of Delaware to the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
- Jill Otake of Hawaii to the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
Trump assumed the presidency with more than 100 federal judicial vacancies, including one on the U.S. Supreme Court.
The White House has touted Trump’s success with federal judicial nominations, but he has had to withdraw three nominations to U.S. district courts.
Two of the nominees were scrutinized for their lack of experience, and the third was found to have made disparaging remarks about transgender children.
