Senate confirms Trump's first judicial nominee of his second term

[Polybius]

3. Not a guy, but a 38 year old woman, and is now federal judge (but a not judge before)

Whitney Hermandorfer, born Whitney Dianne Downs in 1987 in Clearwater, Florida, earned her undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 2009, graduating summa cum laude with a concentration in sociology. She went on to receive her Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School in 2015, where she served as editor-in-chief of The George Washington Law Review and was awarded the John Bell Larner Award for achieving the highest cumulative GPA in her class.

Following law school, Hermandorfer began her legal career at the Washington, D.C., firm Williams & Connolly, where she worked as an associate specializing in appellate and administrative law.

Hermandorfer previously served as director of strategic litigation for the Tennessee attorney general, where she defended several of Trump's policies, including efforts to end birthright citizenship and support for the state's near-total abortion ban.

Critics of Hermandorfer's nomination have pointed to her limited courtroom experience — she graduated from law school just ten years ago — and what they view as a deeply ideological background.

Her record drew sharp criticism from Democrats and progressive legal groups, who labeled her views extreme and pointed to her office's defense of Tennessee's stringent abortion ban. Prior to that role, Hermandorfer clerked for three conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices — Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-judicial-pick-whitney-hermandorfer-sixth-circuit-senate-2098922