Judge Justin Walker: Tough and Qualified for the DC Circuit

Townhall.com ^ | 5/4/20 | Garrett Ventry

[cotton1706]

Donald Trump’s most lasting legacy will be his appointments to the federal bench. In his tenure so far, the Senate has confirmed 193 judges, 51 of whom were circuit judges. All were nominated by President Trump. Indeed, President Trump and the Senate have confirmed federal appellate judges faster than any other president in U.S. history. For all judges, President Trump’s rate is the second fastest.

The Senate returns to Washington next week, and on the agenda is another stellar judicial nominee, Judge Justin Walker. Walker is the quintessential Trump appointee. He’s young, he has impeccable legal credentials, and he has a proven track record of faithful constitutionalism. But Walker isn’t just the typical prestigious DC Circuit nominee. He is a Kentuckian who has spent his life in the heartland.

President Trump promised to drain the swamp and nominate judges that interpret the law as it was written. With the nomination of Justin Walker to the DC Circuit, the president fulfills both of those promises. Justin Walker was raised by his mother in Kentucky, and was the first person from his family to attend college. In addition to his impeccable qualifications to be a federal judge, he brings the unique perspective of his modest midwestern upbringing. The DC Circuit would no doubt benefit from this perspective.

[heshtesh]

Finally a president who will have a legacy worth honouring.

[marktwain]

Amazing that Americans are told, in all seriousness that Walker is unqualified.

Why is he considered unqualified? Because he may actually follow the rule of law.

[FLT-bird]

There are two more pending Circuit Court nominations. Ram them both through. When that is done, Trump will have appointed 53 to the Circuit Courts. That ALMOST counters the 55 Obama appointed. Only in his second term will President Trump finally be able to totally counter the damage Obama did to the federal courts and finally start making progress toward restoring the plain words of the constitution as the basis for federal court decisions.

All the caterwauling of Leftists thus far about Trump’s federal court nominations has simply been about undoing Obama’s legacy. We’re still not even back to square one yet.

[JayGalt]

Big Day for nominations
Thirty nominations submitted by President Trump including
2 circuit court nominees:
Justin Reed Walker, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, vice Thomas B. Griffith, retiring.
Cory T. Wilson, of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice E. Grady Jolly, retired.

4 District Cort nominees:
Kristi Haskins Johnson, of Mississippi, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, vice Keith Starrett, retired.

Saritha Komatireddy, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, vice Joseph Frank Bianco, elevated.

Iris Lan, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice Katherine B. Forrest, resigned.

Jennifer H. Rearden, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice Richard Sullivan, elevated.

https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-thirty-nominations-and-one-withdrawal-sent-to-1843247225

[JayGalt]

Kristi Haskins Johnson is a Federalist Society member.

Reardon (2/20)& Lam(11/19) were nominated previously & again today. Neither gives us cause to rejoice.
Reardon is a democrat donor & IMO may be part of a package. At Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Rearden “has litigated complex commercial cases before United States District Courts and State courts throughout the country,” according to the White House.

Saritha Komatireddy clerked for Justice Kavanaugh.