Tiana Headley
Reporter at Bloomberg Law
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5 days ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Tiana Headley |Kimberly Robinson
Former Justice David Souter’s perceived turn to the “left” changed the future of Supreme Court nominations, with conservatives vowing to appoint “no more Souters.”Souter, who died Thursday at 85, was known as the “stealth nominee” when he was nominated by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 because of his lack of a public record on controversial issues. But the New England native soon disappointed conservatives when he voted to uphold abortion rights in Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992.
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1 week ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Tiana Headley
President Donald Trump announced his first intended trial court nominees of his second term for seats in Missouri, including the state’s solicitor general. Missouri Solicitor General Josh Divine, who previously served as chief counsel to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas, is one of four planned nominees for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri unveiled by Trump on Tuesday in a Truth Social post.
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1 week ago |
news.bloombergtax.com | Tiana Headley |Lillianna Byington |Suzanne Monyak |Seth Stern
Time is running out for President Donald Trump’s controversial pick for Washington’s chief prosecutor to be confirmed as he faces opposition from a key Senate Republican. Republicans don’t have enough votes to advance former Jan. 6 advocate Ed Martin’s nomination to be US attorney for the District of Columbia out of the Judiciary Committee, after Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a panel member, came out against it.
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1 week ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Tiana Headley
President Donald Trump returned to a favorite source of battle tested conservative lawyers to fill judicial vacancies in picking the first nominee of his second term: the ranks of state attorneys and solicitors general and their staff.
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1 week ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Tiana Headley
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Tennessee state litigator Whitney Hermandorfer to the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the first judicial nominee of his new term. Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post Thursday night. He said Hermandorfer was a “Fighter who will inspire confidence in our Legal System.”If confirmed, Hermandorfer would preside in Nashville on the court covering Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky, and Michigan.
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NEW: Former Justice David Souter’s perceived turn to the “left” changed the future of Supreme Court nominations, with conservatives vowing to appoint “No More Souters," @KimberlyRobinsn and I report. https://t.co/Fq4XcFljXF
Candidates who've interviewed for US district court seats in Texas include Sen. Ted Cruz's former chief counsel, Andrew Davis, and Justice James Sullivan, the newest member of the Supreme Court of Texas https://t.co/RlCPEdKi0D
Latest: Judge Harvie Wilkinson’s no-nonsense concurrence in a unanimous refusal to block a lower court order to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador was consistent with his reputation as a fiercely independent jurist with a sharp pen https://t.co/246l1y7nMv