Senate Confirms 2 More Trump Judicial Appointees
The Senate confirmed two more judges nominated by President Donald Trump to the federal bench on Wednesday, furthering his efforts to reshape the judiciary.
The confirmations come a day after the Senate approved another Trump nominee, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Indiana Thomas Kirsch II, to fill the vacancy left by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was confirmed to the Supreme Court in October.
Katherine Crytzer and Joseph Dawson III were confirmed to their posts in the U.S. district courts via a vote on the Senate floor.
Crytzer, 36, was confirmed in a party-line 48-47 vote to fill a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, which became open following the death of Judge Pamela Reeves. Cryzter was serving as a Justice Department attorney at the time of her nomination.
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington. (Courthouse News photo/Jack Rodgers)
WASHINGTON (CN) The Senate confirmed two more Trump appointees to the federal bench Wednesday in a final push to cement the lame-duck president’s reshaping of the judiciary.
Katherine Crytzer was confirmed in a 48-47 vote to fill a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee left open after the death of Chief Judge Pamela L. Reeves, an Obama appointee and the first woman to serve on the federal bench in that district.
Crytzer and Joseph Dawson III, confirmed later Wednesday, mark 232 federal judges appointed by President Donald Trump, the second most of any president near the end of their first term. Only Jimmy Carter had more, 260, at this point in his single term.
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