President Donald Trump on Aug. 12 announced the nomination of five individuals as federal district judges in Alabama and Mississippi.

Among them is Alabama Solicitor General Edmund LaCour as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

LaCour, who earned his law degree from Yale University, has been the state’s top appellate lawyer since 2019 after joining the Alabama attorney general’s office the year before. He previously practiced law as a partner at Kirkland and Ellis in Washington. He served as a law clerk to Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

LaCour “has done a terrific job representing the Great State of Alabama, especially in cases before the United States Supreme Court,” the president said in a Truth Social post.

“He is highly intelligent, talented, and will strongly protect the Constitution,” Trump said.

LaCour argued Alabama’s position before the Supreme Court in 2022 in Allen v. Milligan. The justices ruled against Alabama, finding 5-4 that an electoral map approved by the state Legislature ran afoul of the federal Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting power of black state residents.

Trump nominated LaCour to a judicial post during his first term in 2020. Then-Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) held up the nomination, and months later, the new president, Joe Biden, withdrew it.

LaCour has supported gun rights and abortion restrictions.

Trump said in a social media post that he was nominating Harold Mooty as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Mooty, who earned his law degree from the University of Alabama, is in private practice at Bradley Arant in Huntsville, Alabama, where he focuses on commercial litigation.

Trump said Mooty “has developed an incredible reputation for being tough, smart, and fiercely devoted to the Rule of Law, and our Constitution.”

Trump said on Truth Social that he was nominating Bill Lewis as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Lewis, who earned his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law, is currently a justice on the Alabama Supreme Court. Before that, he was in private practice and was an assistant district attorney for the 19th Judicial Circuit.

“Bill has proven his dedication to the Rule of Law throughout his entire career,” Trump wrote. “He is a courageous Patriot, who will ensure Law and Order, and always put our Constitution, first.”

Trump said on Truth Social he was also nominating James Maxwell and Robert Chamberlin to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. Both men are now justices on the Mississippi Supreme Court.

Maxwell earned his law degree from the University of Mississippi. Before joining the state supreme court, he was an assistant U.S. attorney.

In April, Maxwell wrote the majority opinion in a Mississippi Supreme Court decision finding that a female minor who identifies as male was not entitled to change her name to a more masculine name.

Trump said, “I know James will continue to make his State, and Country, proud in his new position by strongly upholding the Rule of Law, and our Constitution.”

Chamberlin, who earned his law degree from the University of Mississippi, concurred in the majority opinion in the female minor’s case.

A former member of the Mississippi Senate, Chamberlin was named Legislator of the Year by the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Association in 2003.

Trump said on Truth Social that Chamberlin “has proven his dedication to the wonderful People of Mississippi, and our Country’s Heritage.”

The president described his nominee as someone who is “tough, smart,” and who “will fearlessly defend our Constitution, ensuring Liberty and Justice for all.”

It is unclear when the confirmation hearings for the five nominees will begin in the U.S. Senate.

Reuters contributed to this report.

This article by Matthew Vadum appeared Aug. 13, 2025, in The Epoch Times.