{"id":167124,"date":"2026-11-10T15:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/11\/10\/amid-gop-push-to-confirm-judges-5th-circuit-pick-looks-to-succeed-his-former-boss\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T15:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:10:26","slug":"amid-gop-push-to-confirm-judges-5th-circuit-pick-looks-to-succeed-his-former-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/11\/10\/amid-gop-push-to-confirm-judges-5th-circuit-pick-looks-to-succeed-his-former-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid GOP Push to Confirm Judges, 5th Circuit Pick Looks to Succeed His Former Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On display Tuesday was the Republicans&#8217; race to confirm President Donald Trump&#8217;s remaining judicial picks before a Democratic majority takes over the Senate next year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/972786668\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/972786668\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/972786668\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/29\/972786668\/law\/legal-news,https%3A%2F%2Fk2-prod-alm.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fdc%2Fc6%2Fbcfe43c14218b50d7da488b624c7%2Ftodd-butler-confirmation-068-jpg767x505.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/pinterest20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Stumble This\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/12\/972786668\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/stumble20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Post to X.com\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/24\/972786668\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/x.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Subscribe by RSS\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/20\/972786668\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>On display Tuesday was the Republicans&#8217; 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