The president’s nominees for the posts in Mississippi had been held up by North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis.

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee reported out favorably four Mississippi presidential nominees on Thursday, two of them sitting state Supreme Court Justices nominated to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

The nominations of state Supreme Court Justices Robert Chamberlin and James Maxwell as well as James Kruger and Scott Leary for U.S. Attorney posts in the Southern and Northern Mississippi districts, respectively, had been held up by North Carolina U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R) since September.

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Tillis was seeking support from Mississippi U.S. Senator

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