Why it Matters
The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a nominations hearing on Wednesday, June 10, continuing what has been a steady pace of confirmations under Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA). The committee has already confirmed 13 U.S. Attorneys and eight U.S. Marshals through confirmation in May, and the June 10 session signals the administration's pipeline of executive and judicial nominees remains active.
The Big Picture
The Judiciary Committee has held nominations hearings on Feb. 4, March 25, April 15, April 29, and May 20 of this year alone. The June 10 hearing plans to extend that pattern.
A Pending judicial nominee visible on the committee's docket is Jeffrey T. Kuntz, nominated to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida. His nomination is listed as "Hearings held" on the committee's judicial nominations page, though it is not confirmed whether either he is among the nominees to be examined on June 10.
Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-IL) leads the Democratic side of the panel, which includes Sens. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chris Coons (D-DE), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Peter Welch (D-VT). On the Republican side, Grassley is joined by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Mike Lee (R-UT), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Kennedy (R-LA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Katie Britt (R-AL), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Ashley Moody (R-FL).
The specific nominees to be examined at the June 10 hearing have not been publicly identified in available data, and no witness list has been released.