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During the 2016 GOP Presidential primary contest when he was a candidate, he was as anti-Trump as any of the GOP establishment figures who were seeking the nomination.
Among the things Graham said about Trump during the Presidential Primary season starting in 2015 was the following:
“Well, Donald Trump’s plan on immigration is stupid. I find him offensive. His solution is just constitutionally flawed. It’s not practical. I don’t think there’s 10 votes in the United States Senate for this plan. I promise you no Democrat’s going to vote for this, I certainly wouldn’t vote for it. You’re not going to get 11 million people out of this country. That’s just not practical, that’s going to kill the Republican Party.”
2 more federal judges are confirmed amid COVID-19 relief package negotiations
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Two more federal judges were confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday, as lawmakers rush to reach a deal on COVID-19 relief and government funding packages.
In his push to change the makeup of the nation’s courts, President Donald Trump nominated Charles Edward Atchley Jr., assistant U.S. attorney for the District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and Zachary Somers, former chief investigative counsel for Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee. With their confirmation, Trump has put in place 234 federal judges.
Atchley was confirmed in a 54-41 vote and will be seated on the bench of the Eastern District of Tennessee. In response to a Senate questionnaire, he denied being a member of the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization that has played a role in Trump’s judicial nominations.
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington. (Courthouse News photo/Jack Rodgers)
WASHINGTON (CN) The Senate voted Thursday to confirm two federal judges nominated by President Donald Trump, continuing to fill judicial vacancies in the lame-duck session despite the urgency facing lawmakers as they hammer out virus relief and government funding packages.
While legislative leadership has spent most of this week sequestered in congressional meeting rooms fervently negotiating deals for additional Covid-19 relief legislation and funding to avoid a government shutdown, the work of the Senate to reshape the nation’s courts has continued unabated.
Charles Edward Atchley Jr. sailed through his confirmation vote 54-41 Thursday and will be seated on the Eastern District of Tennessee bench. He became the 233rd Trump judicial nominee confirmed by the Senate and is the second judge to be seated on the eastern Tennessee federal court in as many days.