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Trump withdraws Judge Lee Rudofsky's Eighth Circuit nomination and picks Arkansas Justice Cody Hiland instead
The White House on Tuesday withdrew President Trump's nomination of U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky to the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after Arkansas Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton opposed it, and Trump will instead nominate their preferred candidate, Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Cody Hiland, the Washington Examiner reported. "Without the support of my home-state Senators, confirmation is simply not a practical possibility in today's Senate," Rudofsky said. The report said a confirmed Hiland would give Trump appointees a majority of active judges on a federal appeals court for the first time, though it is unclear if there is time before the new Congress in January.
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- Washington ExaminerTrump drops appeals court nominee opposed by Arkansas senators