Bloomberg Law
December 5, 2019, 8:50 PM UTCUpdated: December 5, 2019, 10:38 PM UTC

Trump Fills Longest-Standing Vacancy in Federal Judiciary (1)

Madison Alder
Madison Alder
Reporter

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.

The Senate on Dec. 5 voted 68 to 21 to confirm 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.

Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama both tried and failed to fill the post, and a previous attempt by Trump also fell flat.

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