Trump nominates five people to fill judicial vacancies

President Donald Trump on Tuesday formally unveiled his first round of judicial nominees since returning to the White House, tapping five lawyers whose legal credentials include prestigious clerkships and working for Republican state attorneys general or as federal prosecutors.

If confirmed, the nominees would join a federal court system whose judges have lifetime appointments and can shape policy over multiple administrations.

They would take the bench at a fraught time for the system, with more than 200 lawsuits challenging Trump’s executive actions and initiatives making their way through the courts...