Trump's Judicial Pick Chad Meredith Gains Kentucky Senate Support
TL;DR
President Trump plans to nominate Chad Meredith, a Kentucky lawyer with a controversial anti-abortion record, for a federal judgeship, with support from Senator Rand Paul who previously opposed his nomination under Biden due to political and ideological reasons. The nomination follows a history of political negotiations and the erosion of traditional Senate customs like the blue slip rule.
- Trump’s latest judicial pick was almost nominated by Biden in 2022 PBS
- Rand Paul gets behind a judicial nominee he previously blocked Politico
- Why Trump picked this federal judge three years after failed nomination The Independent
- Trump picks Chad Meredith for Kentucky federal judgeship after 2022 plans fell through The Courier-Journal
- Kentucky Senate leaders release statement on Meredith’s nomination to federal judgeship WNKY
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