Hermandorfer previously served as director of strategic litigation for the Tennessee AG, where she defended several Trump policies.

Whitney Hermandorfer is the first far-right judicial nominee to be confirmed during the president’s second term, and she won’t be the last.

The incoming judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit most recently directed the strategic litigation unit in the Tennessee attorney general's office,

The Senate voted Monday to confirm Whitney Hermandorfer, who graduated from GW Law in 2015, to a seat on the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Senate has cleared the way Thursday to confirm the first judicial appointment of President Trump’s second term, marking a slower tempo for such confirmations relative to this point in

A Tennessee attorney and Nashville native has been confirmed as the first judicial nominee of Trump's second term in office.

On the Senate floor today, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer delivered powerful remarks railing against Whitney Hermandorfer, Trump's judicial nominee to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.

President Donald Trump secured the Senate's approval for Whitney Hermandorfer, his first judicial nominee of his second term, amid Republican efforts to shift the judiciary's ideological balance. The confirmation highlights ongoing political battles over judicial appointments and their long-term impacts on U.

The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump ’s first judicial nominee of his second term, a notably slower pace than at the same point in his first term or former President Joe Biden ’s. The Senate voted 46-42 to confirm Whitney Hermandorfer to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The vote was along party lines.