白宫周二撤回并替换了唐纳德·特朗普总统的一名司法提名人，此前共和党参议员的反对令他在民主党于1月接管参议院前填补一个关键的美国联邦上诉法院席位的能力蒙上阴影。
The White House withdrew and replaced one of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees on Tuesday, after opposition from Republican senators cast doubt on his ability to fill a key US appeals court seat before Democrats take control of the Senate.
白宫表示，特朗普撤回了驻阿肯色州的美国联邦地区法官李·鲁多夫斯基被提名为驻圣路易斯的第八巡回美国联邦上诉法院法官，转而提名阿肯色州最高法院大法官J·科迪·希兰德。
The White House said Trump rescinded Arkansas-based US District Judge Lee Rudofsky's nomination to the St. Louis-based 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals and instead nominated Arkansas Supreme Court Justice J. Cody Hiland.
白宫和参议院共和党人正争分夺秒，力争在民主党于1月接管参议院之前确认尽可能多的新法官。民主党在11月3日的中期选举中赢得了至少54个参议院席位。
The White House and Senate Republicans are racing to confirm as many new judges as possible before Democrats take control of the Senate in January after winning at least 54 seats in the November 3 midterm elections.
特朗普于2019年任命鲁多夫斯基为驻小石城的联邦地区法官，知名保守派律师曾支持他在8月做出的决定，即在出现空缺时试图提拔该法官进入第八巡回法院。
Trump appointed Rudofsky as a federal district court judge in Little Rock in 2019, and prominent conservative lawyers had supported his decision in August to try to elevate the judge to the 8th Circuit when a seat opened up.
该上诉法院审理来自阿肯色州、爱荷华州、明尼苏达州、密苏里州、内布拉斯加州、北达科他州和南达科他州联邦法院的案件。如果特朗普再获任命一名法官，该法院11名现任法官中将有10名由共和党总统任命，其中6名由特朗普本人任命。
The appeals court hears cases from federal courts in Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. If Trump secured another appointee on it, 10 of its 11 active judges would have been appointed by Republican presidents and 6 by Trump himself.
但大选后，随着有报道称阿肯色州的两名共和党参议员约翰·布兹曼和汤姆·科顿倾向于由其他人填补该州在该法院的席位，鲁多夫斯基的前景变得黯淡。
But Rudofsky's prospects dimmed after the election as reports emerged that Arkansas' two Republican senators, John Boozman and Tom Cotton, favored someone else to fill the Arkansas seat on the court.
他们的反对在周五引起关注，当时特朗普盟友、保守派法律活动团体“第三条项目”的迈克·戴维斯在社交媒体帖子中指责他们犯下了“不可饶恕的罪行”，因阻挠鲁多夫斯基而危及该席位。
Their opposition drew attention after Mike Davis, a Trump ally at conservative legal activist group Article III Project, accused them on Friday in a social media post of committing an "unforgivable sin" by jeopardizing the seat by blocking Rudofsky.
自2023年起担任阿肯色州最高法院大法官的希兰德，曾在8月阿肯色州一所法学院的活动上表示，他原本预期会获得上诉法院提名，但却被提议担任联邦地区法官。
Hiland, who has served on Arkansas' top state court since 2023, said at an August event at a law school in Arkansas that he had expected to receive the appeals court nomination but was instead offered a federal district judgeship.
根据一段视频显示，希兰德对人群说：“所以，我有时会表现得好斗，我说不。我对那个职位不感兴趣。”希兰德和这些参议员没有回应置评请求。
"And so, being belligerent at times, I said no," Hiland told the crowd, according to a video. "That is not a position that I'm interested in." Hiland and the senators did not respond to requests for comment.
鲁多夫斯基在一份声明中说：“现实是，没有我所在州参议员的支持，在今天的参议院，确认根本不是一种切实的可能性。”他说：“我将永远感激特朗普总统提名我的荣誉。”
Rudofsky said in a statement that "the reality is that, without the support of my home-state senators, confirmation is simply not a practical possibility in today's Senate." "I will be forever grateful to President Trump for the honor of his nomination," he said.