President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will nominate three new judges to serve on federal U.S. District Courts in Alabama.

Trump announced the nominees, Alabama Solicitor General Edmund LaCour Jr., newly appointed Alabama Supreme Court Justice Bill Lewis and attorney Harold “Hal” Mooty, on Truth Social.

LaCour and Mooty, a partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, were nominated to serve on the U.S Northern District.

Lewis was nominated to serve on the U.S. Middle District.

Trump attempted to nominate LaCour to be a U.S. District Judge during his first term as president.

However, that failed when then-U.S. Sen. Doug Jones “declined to return a “blue slip” backing him" which by Senate custom must be given by both home senators for a district court nomination to advance, R

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