Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee reported out Cory Wilson’s nomination to the Fifth Circuit, a day after Mitch McConnell filed for cloture on Justin Walker’s nomination to the D.C. Circuit. So the nominees to fill the only two remaining federal appellate vacancies are now before the full Senate.
Walker’s confirmation vote is expected imminently. That would make him President Trump’s 199th Article III judicial confirmation. On Wednesday, the Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on five district court nominees that was originally slated for last week before being postponed …
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