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President Donald Trump submitted another slate of judicial nominees to the Senate today, naming candidates to the powerful federal appeals courts.
The White House announced that Trump has named Gregory Katsas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Ryan Bounds to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Katsas’ nomination was widely expected. He practiced in the Washington offices of Jones Day. Katsas is a seasoned appellate practitioner, and clerked on the Supreme Court for Justice Clarence Thomas after graduating Harvard Law School.
Leonard Leo lavished praise on the nominee.
“I have known Greg Katsas for nearly 30 years and he is among the most honest, fair, humble and intelligent people I have ever met,” he said in a statement. “He understands the responsibility associated with wearing a judicial robe and I have no doubt that he will always place justice first.”
Bounds is a federal prosecutor with a glittering resume, which made him an earlier frontrunner for the 9th Circuit seat vacated by Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain, the conservative stalwart for whom he clerked after graduating Yale Law School. Bounds served in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy, the unit charged with coordinated judicial nominations and advising the attorney general on policy initiatives.
Above the Law’s David Lat characterized Bounds as a strong contender for a 9th Circuit appointment given his west coast roots. The nomination is Trump’s first to the 9th Circuit, the country’s largest appellate court. There are currently four vacancies on the court.
Other nominees the president named include Judge Lisa Branch of the Georgia Court of Appeals for the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and 13 nominees for district courts in Alabama, Texas, Kentucky, Kansas, Georgia, and the District of Columbia.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/07/trump-continues-to-remake-the-federal-judiciary-2/
