Overview

• Taibleson’s nomination has been sent to the Senate, where she will undergo Judiciary Committee review ahead of a full-floor confirmation vote.
• She is tapped to occupy the seat Diane Sykes will vacate upon assuming senior status in October.
• Her background includes clerkships with Brett Kavanaugh and Antonin Scalia followed by appellate work at the Justice Department and in the Solicitor General’s office.
• Wisconsin Senators Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin placed her on a bipartisan shortlist, and Johnson has lauded the pick and urged swift confirmation.
• She is Trump’s sixth appellate nominee of his second term and the 22nd judicial nominee since his January return, part of a broader effort to reshape the federal bench.