Trump seeks to reshape judiciary as first nominees face Senate

Reuters ^ | June 3, 2025 4:32 PM UTC | Nate Raymond

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Summary

• Trump decries judges who have stymied his agenda
• President won confirmation of 234 nominees in first term
• Nominees are 'bold and fearless' judges, supporter says

June 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's first batch of judicial nominees since returning to the White House is set to go before a U.S. Senate panel as the Republican looks to further reshape a judiciary whose members have stymied parts of his agenda.

Five of the 11 judicial nominees Trump has announced so far are slated to appear on Wednesday before the Republican-led U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, which will weigh whether to recommend them for the full Senate's consideration.

Those nominees all have conservative bona fides that their supporters say will help Trump shift the ideological balance of the judiciary further to the right after making 234 appointments in his first term, which was a near-record for a president's first four years in office.

Trump's first-term appointees included three members of the U.S. Supreme Court, which since gaining a 6-3 conservative majority has curtailed abortion rights, rejected affirmative action policies on university campuses and limited the power of administrative agencies.

White House spokesperson Harrison Fields said in a statement that Trump was committed to "restoring integrity to the judicial system, which begins with appointing America First judges, not unelected politicians in robes."

Among Wednesday's nominees is Whitney Hermandorfer, who as a lawyer serving under Tennessee's Republican attorney general has defended the state's abortion ban and challenged federal protections for transgender youth.

Hermandorfer, who is nominated to a seat on the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, will appear before the Senate panel with four nominees to fill trial court vacancies in Missouri.

Those include Joshua Divine, Missouri's solicitor general, who challenged Democratic former President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness efforts and has...

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

What judiciary? All I see are animals—KANGAROOS

[Paladin2]

All I see are animals—KANGAROOS”

You are not wrong.

The chief kangaroo, Roberts, is down under with the program.

[ProgressingAmerica]

Weird. With all the talk of the Federalist Society, we get this:

https://fedsoc.org/contributors/whitney-hermandorfer

Apparently the Federalist Society is dead. Long live the Federalist Society!

???

[for-q-clinton]

Something like 90% of all nationwide bans against trump are coming from 5 districts!

[frank ballenger]

Good to do some reshaping.

Shape of the current anti-Trump activist judiciary:
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[for-q-clinton]

I would love for one district court judge to rule that Trump must deport all illegals immediately. Then Trump will have one judge saying no and another saying to do it.

[frank ballenger]

So many of the leftist judges were recruited from one place:
🎪🎪🎪🎪🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[lastchance]

Trump is not defying judges. He is very rightly calling out those who are acting with clear political bias, even to the point of ignoring established case law and precedent.

[GOPJ]

Those nominees all have conservative bona fides that their supporters say will help Trump shift the ideological balance of the judiciary further to the right after making 234 appointments in his first term, which was a near-record for a president's first four years in office. Trump's first-term appointees included three members of the U.S. Supreme Court, which since gaining a 6-3 conservative majority has curtailed abortion rights, rejected affirmative action policies on university campuses and limited the power of administrative agencies.

All good news...

[FlingWingFlyer]

The herd of ahos in the “judiciary” needs to be culled and the department reformed. There are too many America-hating, fascist pig foreigners in OUR “judiciary.” Freeloading Refugees have got to go.

[stylin19a]

schumer will slow walk ‘em...

[datricker]

President Trump should threaten to pack the court - that’d be fun.

[napscoordinator]

I can see one senator filibustering judges like senator Kennedy did to Biden. It wouldn’t surprise me.