{"id":8576,"date":"2025-07-16T17:22:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T17:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=8576"},"modified":"2025-07-16T17:22:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T17:22:49","slug":"trumps-early-pick-to-replace-obama-judge-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=8576","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Early Pick To Replace Obama Judge Confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of President Donald Trump\u2019s earliest judicial picks easily secured Senate confirmation on Tuesday, filling the vacancy left by a retiring Obama appointee.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney Hermandorfer was confirmed to a lifetime seat on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Ohio, succeeding one of former President Barack Obama\u2019s two nominees to that bench. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) praised Hermandorfer\u2019s judicial temperament and commended his colleagues for continuing Trump\u2019s judicial confirmations even after the passage of the \u201cBig, Beautiful Bill\u201d earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur job now is to continue the good work that we began during the first Trump administration by filling those vacancies with more judges who understand the proper role of a judge,\u201d Thune said from the Senate floor. \u201cAnd that starts with confirming Ms. Hermandorfer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hermandorfer, 38, is the first federal appeals court nominee of Trump\u2019s second term. She previously clerked for Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Amy Coney Barrett, as well as Judge Brett Kavanaugh when he served on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n<p>With roughly 50 federal judicial vacancies remaining\u2014less than half the number filled during Trump\u2019s first term\u2014Thune pledged to work with President Trump and Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to fast-track confirmation hearings. So far, Grassley\u2019s committee has advanced five nominees. 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