Senate Starts Confirmation Process for Trump’s Second-Term Judicial Nominees

The Senate Judiciary Committee on June 5 started the confirmation process for President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, after confirming more than 200 of Trump’s nominees during his first term. Senators questioned five nominees, beginning with Whitney Hermandorfer, a former clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito, and Amy Coney Barrett, during a hearing in Washington. Republican senators said Hermandorfer, 37, is well-qualified to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said in his opening remarks that she is “uniquely impressive,” in part because of her stints as a clerk for the justices....