‘Well-qualified’ Barry Ashe confirmed to New Orleans federal judgeship by U.S. Senate
The confirmation comes a day after the
Ashe, a veteran litigator who's spent the past three decades with the Stone Pigman firm, was nominated to the post last September by President
A lengthy vetting process, partisan battling over Trump's nominees and a long backlog of federal nominees awaiting confirmation in the
Ashe's afternoon confirmation -- approved by a voice vote, meaning no senators objected -- came after Senate Majority Leader
Sens.
Ashe, 62, earned his undergraduate and law degrees from
Ashe declined to comment Tuesday afternoon.
Cain, 53, is the son of former
"I'm very honored and humbled by the nomination and very grateful to
Cain was born in
He returned to
Cain is also the nephew of former
Two other Trump nominees for vacant federal judgeships in the
The 42-parish
Trump has not yet named nominees to fill two additional vacancies in the
Vitter has repeatedly come under attack from Democratic senators and activist groups over her outspoken record of anti-abortion activism and her refusal during a
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