The Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate: ‘Judicial emergency:’ Why Louisiana’s vacant federal judge seats are unlikely to be filled soon
This excerpt is from a piece that originally ran on October 5, 2024.
During Trump’s presidency, nominations were made in October of his last year in office, said Zack Ford, senior manager at Alliance for Justice, a progressive judicial advocacy group. That’s probably not going to happen for Louisiana.
Ford said “the absence of a nominee” suggests Kennedy and Cassidy and the White House have not been able to agree upon one.