Montana Free Press: A Lane change in U.S. District Court
This excerpt is from a piece that originally ran on February 19, 2026.
The Alliance for Justice, a self-described progressive judicial advocacy group, lodged early opposition to Lane’s nomination based on her nine years of legal experience, which make her one of the least experienced attorneys nominated by Trump during his second term. Of Trump’s six judicial nominees since January 2026, two have had more than 30 years’ experience each, and three have had 16 to 20 years’ experience.
The American Bar Association’s standing committee on judicial nominations recommends that nominees should have at least 12 years of experience.