{"id":28023,"date":"2025-12-25T16:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T16:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=28023"},"modified":"2025-12-25T16:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T16:23:17","slug":"louisiana-supreme-court-justice-among-newly-confirmed-trump-judges-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=28023","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Among Newly Confirmed Trump Judges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cnsfressnews.ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hitmag-featured size-hitmag-featured wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cnsfressnews.ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-150-735x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"container fullwidth-entry-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"container-wrapper fullwidth-entry-title\">\n<header class=\"entry-header-outer\">\n<div class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"single-post-meta post-meta clearfix\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-Senate.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-Senate.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-Senate-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-Senate-1024x548.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-Senate-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-Senate-1536x823.jpg 1536w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"857\" data-main-img=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container fullwidth-featured-area-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><figcaption class=\"single-caption-text\">\u00a0Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content container\">\n<div id=\"main-content-row\" class=\"tie-row main-content-row\">\n<div class=\"main-content tie-col-md-8 tie-col-xs-12\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"the-post\" class=\"container-wrapper post-content tie-standard\">\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>This article may contain commentary<br \/>\nwhich reflects the author\u2019s opinion.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ns-buttons ns-inline large ns-no-print\">\n<div class=\"ns-buttons-wrapper ns-align-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Louisiana Supreme Court Justice William Crain, nominated by President Donald Trump in October, has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate for a federal judgeship on the Eastern District Court in New Orleans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>Crain was approved in a 49\u201346 vote on Dec. 9, with Republican Sens. John Kennedy \u2014 who recommended Crain to the White House \u2014 and Bill Cassidy voting in favor. Three senators did not vote.<\/p>\n<p>Another Trump nominee, former U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook, is still awaiting Senate action for a seat on the federal bench covering Louisiana\u2019s Western District, which includes Shreveport, Alexandria, Lafayette, and Monroe.<\/p>\n<p>Van Hook is a graduate of Centenary College and LSU\u2019s law school and has spent much of his legal career practicing in Shreveport,\u00a0USA Today reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div id=\"e1c09a52-67a1-44a3-a58e-fc2bf67380c6\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI have total confidence that Alexander will continue to serve his state and our country with great distinction in this new role,\u201d Trump said after nominating Van Hook in October.<\/p>\n<p>Both Crain and Van Hook cleared the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on which Kennedy sits in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFormer acting U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook and Louisiana Supreme Court Justice William Crain are both intelligent and experienced lawyers, and I have every confidence that President Trump made the right choice in nominating them to be district judges in Louisiana,\u201d Kennedy said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1998481765023773119&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Fsupreme-among-97356%2F&amp;sessionId=475d5ec960d2148aba7c07eaac9c0f7d7fd72f01&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1998481765023773119\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Crain, 64, is a graduate of LSU Law School who was first elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court in 2019. He had previously served as a judge on the First Circuit Court of Appeal and was a state district court judge before that.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">Advertisement&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"as6078\" data-title=\"You Might Also Like\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, Senate Republicans\u00a0pushed through the first procedural hurdle\u00a0Wednesday as they moved to confirm nearly 100 of President Trump\u2019s nominees. The vote sets up a later decision on 97 of Trump\u2019s picks and marks the third time Republicans have advanced a large bloc of nominees since changing Senate confirmation rules in September.<\/p>\n<p>The final confirmation vote on this group is expected next week, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<p>If Republicans complete the process, they will have confirmed more than 400 of Trump\u2019s nominees during the first year of his second term.<\/p>\n<p>That total would place Trump well ahead of former President Joe Biden, who had 350 nominees confirmed at the same point in his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>The nominees include former Rep. Anthony D\u2019Esposito of New York for inspector general at the Department of Labor and two selections for the National Labor Relations Board, James Murphy and Scott Mayer, as well as others across nearly every federal agency.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy and Mayer were included in the package after Trump fired National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox, a move the Supreme Court upheld earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>This is Republicans\u2019 second effort to advance the package after Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado objected last week in an attempt to delay the process.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans changed the confirmation rules to break through Democrats\u2019 months-long blockade of Trump\u2019s nominees, limiting the new process to sub Cabinet level positions that can be approved with a simple majority.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\">\n<div data-delay=\"4000\" data-block=\"12\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One nominee in the original package, Sara Carter, a former Fox News contributor legally named Sara Bailey, was designated a \u201cLevel 1\u201d nominee, meaning she would hold a Cabinet level post.<\/p>\n<p>Trump selected Carter in March to be his drug czar as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.<\/p>\n<p>Her inclusion meant Republicans would have needed to overcome a 60 vote threshold to advance the entire slate of 88 nominees.<\/p>\n<p>That was unlikely given Democrats\u2019 near unanimity in opposing several of Trump\u2019s picks and their claims that some were not qualified to serve.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans instead chose to assemble a new and larger package, adding nine more nominees to move forward under the revised rules.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Getty Images This article may contain commentary which reflects the author\u2019s opinion. 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