Trump officials look to Southern attorneys general to fill court vacancies

“When the Trump administration wanted to fill out court vacancies in the South, it turned to the Republican attorneys general in many of those states, tapping their talent to build the army of conservative judges GOP activists were hoping for.…

James Tierney, who served as attorney general of Maine from 1980 to 1990, said it’s a natural place to look, since those offices stockpiled conservative talent during the Obama administration. And given how much GOP-led states battled the Obama administration, those lawyers were involved in the big fights of the day.

‘They come predisposed toward looking at national issues, and you see, AGs are involved in many national issues,’ Mr. Tierney said.”

Alex Swoyer, "Trump officials look to Southern attorneys general to fill court vacancies," The Washington Times, February 22, 2018.