Trump Fills Longest-Standing Vacancy in Federal Judiciary
An embattled federal district court seat in North Carolina that multiple presidents struggled to fill over the course of 14 years finally has a new occupant, reports Bloomberg Law.
By a 68 to 21 vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed law professor Richard E. Myers to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, eliminating the longest-running vacancy in the federal judiciary and bolstering President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape the courts with conservatives, according to Bloomberg’s Madison Alder.
“Myers, who Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said would be the first black judge on his court, is a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law and is a former federal prosecutor,” writes Alder.
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