President Donald Trump finally got some good news on Tuesday following a rough week of heavy criticism due to matters centered on the Epstein files. One of his first judicial appointments has been approved. The U.S. Senate voted to fill the seat of a judge from the Obama era who has decided to retire.
Trump’s pick, Whitney Hermandorfer, was given a lifetime appointment to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Ohio. Hermandorfer will replace one of two appointments that were made during Obama’s administration.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) put out a statement citing one of the reasons Hermandorfer was approved was due to temperament. He then gave his colleagues credit for keeping things centered on the judicial nominees after the passage of the Big, Beautiful Bill earlier in July.
“Our 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,” he went on to say from the floor of the Senate on Tuesday. “And that starts with confirming Ms. Hermandorfer.”
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Hermandorfer, 38, is distinguished as being the first federal appeals nominee of President Trump’s second term. She previously clerked for U.S. Supreme Court justices Samuel Alito and Amy Coney Barrett, as well as Brett Kavanaugh during his time as a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. There are roughly 50 judicial vacancies at the federal level today, the IJR reports, representing less than half the number that were filled during Trump’s first term.
With a slim majority, Thune said he plans to work with Trump and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to expedite the confirmation hearings for Trump’s nominees. Grassley’s committee has so far advanced five of Trump’s nominees. As a member of Republican Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti’s office, Hermandorfer helped achieve a historic Supreme Court victory last month with a ruling upholding the state’s decision to bar transgender athletes from participating in sports teams outside their biological sex.
In a 6-3 decision, the high court signaled that all states may now pursue bans on transgender-related care for minors, a deeply unpopular policy, but one that galvanized far-left progressive activists in the 2024 election. Another 26 states have already enacted laws similar to the one challenged in Tennessee.
President Trump heaped praise on Hermandorfer, referring to her as a “staunch defender of Girls’ and Women’s Sports” when he submitted her name to the Senate for consideration of the position.
Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) did not budget on a Senate rule that would have fast-tracked the confirmation process and instead claimed Hermandorfer is “unqualified to serve on the bench.”
“She has made a career out of going after people’s reproductive rights, their transgender rights and anti-discrimination policies,” Schumer said while delivering his floor speech.
Settle down, Schumer. I already like her. No need to keep selling us on her.
We need more picks in the judiciary like Hermandorfer in order to prevent activists judges from throwing blocks in the president’s way when attempting to implement his agenda. Especially when it comes to protecting children from genital mutilation and men competing in women’s sports.
Keep up the good work, guys.
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