Senate Judiciary hears introductions and questioning for multiple district court nominees from Mississippi and Alabama

Senators introduced multiple nominees for U.S. district judgeships and questioned several on their records, courtroom experience and past public roles during the second panel of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

Sen. Roger Wicker and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith introduced James Maxwell and Robert (Bobby) Chamberlain as nominees for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. Both senators described long careers in state courts, federal prosecutions and public service; Maxwell was noted for a long record on Mississippi appellate courts and authorship of many opinions, and Chamberlain was presented as a longtime circuit judge and local public servant.

For Alabama, senators including Tommy Tuberville and Katie Britt introduced nominees Edmund Lacour, Hal Moody and Bill Lewis for federal district judge seats. The nominees…