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The Western Journal on MSN.com · 11h

Trump Administration Releases List of Key Judicial Nominees

President Donald Trump announced five judicial appointments Tuesday, after nominating his first pick for the federal courts last week. Axios reported that Trump 2.0 is getting a slower start on his nominees than during his first term,
Washington Examiner · 11h

Trump announces nominees for federal judicial appointments in Missouri and DC

Trump named five nominees on Tuesday night for judicial appointments, four in Missouri and one in Washington, D.C.
AOL · 1d

Trump Announces First Wave Of Federal Court Nominations

With 46 current judicial appointments to make, President Donald Trump began the process Tuesday by nominating five judges, in addition to one last week, according to a list shared with the Daily Caller.
Associated Press News on MSN.com · 10h

Chief Justice Roberts says judicial independence is key to checking Congress and the president

Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday defended judicial independence as necessary to “check the excesses of the Congress or the executive," amid attacks on federal judges who have slowed President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Reuters · 6d

These judges ruled against Trump. Then their families came under attack.

As federal judges rule against the Trump administration in dozens of politically charged cases, the families of at least 11 of the jurists have been targeted with threats and harassment.
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Federal judge says Trump's rhetoric 'breeds threats of violence against judges'

A federal judge in Seattle said that the way President Donald Trump speaks fuels threats against other federal judges. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik, appointed by former President Bill Clinton ...
The Washington Post on MSN.com · 13d

It’s not just ‘leftist’ judges. GOP appointees have many sharp words for Trump.

Three times in the last 16 days, Republican-nominated judges have pitched the administration’s actions as brazen, lawless — and even dangerous.
U.S. News & World Report · 14d

Law Firms Targeted by Trump Ask Judges to Permanently Bar Executive Orders Against Them

(Reuters) - Law firms Perkins Coie and WilmerHale will ask federal judges in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to permanently bar President Donald Trump's executive orders against them, calling the measures acts of retaliation that violate U.S. constitutional protections.
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Nomination commission begins first steps to address DC judge shortages

First, the nonpartisan District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, which is an independent seven-member body that invites applications and conducts vetting of nominees, publishes a list ...
Icon for www.washingtonexaminer.comWashington Examiner · 28d

House passes legislation to curb authority of ‘rogue’ district judges

Darrell Issa (R-CA). House Republicans have also introduced several articles of impeachment against federal judges, including U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, Judge Paul Engelmayer of the ...
Icon for www.aol.comAOL · 28d

House GOP approves bill to restrict the reach of US judges

"Activist district court judges usurping their Article III power and imposing on the nation injunctions beyond the scope of what the United States Congress, under statute, has given federal judges."