Senate Starts Confirmation Process for Trump’s Second-Term Judicial Nominees

Whitney Hermandorfer was the first of five nominees who answered questions during a hearing.

Whitney D. Hermandorfer appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on June 4, 2025. Nathan Howard/Reuters

The Senate Judiciary Committee on June 5 started the confirmation process for President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, after confirming more than 200 of Trump’s nominees during his first term.

Senators questioned five nominees, beginning with Whitney Hermandorfer, a former clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito, and Amy Coney Barrett, during a hearing in Washington.