Dallas Lawyer, Texas Deputy Solicitor General Among Four Trump Nominees for Federal Judge Posts

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump nominated four candidates Tuesday to fill vacant federal judge posts in Texas, including Campbell Barker, deputy solicitor general in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office. The four Texans were part of 12 nominees sent to the Senate by Trump on Tuesday for judge positions across the country. Thursday also marked the 10th wave of conservative candidates the president has nominated for court vacancies. If confirmed by the Senate, Barker, Jeremy Kernodle and Michael Truncale will fill the three remaining vacancies in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas -- one of the busiest courts in the country. The district extends from Denton and Collin counties to Beaumont in southeast Texas.Austin lawyer Alan Albright will fill one of two vacancies in the Western District of Texas, where he previously served as a magistrate judge from 1992 to 1999.   Continue reading...