The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Edmund LaCour Jr.’s federal judgeship nomination for the Northern District of Alabama.
LaCour, who has served with the Attorney General’s Office since 2019 as solicitor general of Alabama, was originally nominated to serve as a U.S. district judge by President Donald Trump in August.
“As the Solicitor General, Edmund has done a terrific job representing the Great State of Alabama, especially in cases before the United States Supreme Court,” Trump wrote of LaCour in a post on Truth Social. “He is highly intelligent, talented, and will strongly protect the Constitution. Congratulations Edmund!”
The Senate voted, along party lines, 51-47 on Wednesday to confirm LaCour’s federal judgeship appointment.
LaCour’s confirmation was met with statements of support from U.S. Senator Katie Britt, R-Alabama, alongside U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, who both voted in favor of his nomination.
“Today, the Senate confirmed Eddie LaCour to fill Alabama’s third federal district court vacancy. Most recently, LaCour served our great state as Solicitor General, representing Alabama in a host of litigation in federal courts. He is admitted to practice before every circuit court of appeals in our nation, as well as the Supreme Court where he has filed more than 100 briefs and argued three cases,” Britt said in a written statement.
“His legal acumen is unparalleled, and I have every confidence he will serve the Northern District exceptionally. I’m proud to see a fellow native of the Wiregrass serve Alabama and our country on the federal bench,” Britt added. “I’m also grateful to have worked side-by-side with Senator Tuberville to see three exceptional nominees confirmed as federal judges and to President Trump for his support.”
Alongside voting to confirm LaCour, Britt and Tuberville have voted in favor of two Trump judicial appointees from Alabama over the last week: Harold Mooty III, now a U.S. district judge for the Northern District, and Bill Lewis, a newly confirmed U.S. district judge for the Middle District.
“Congratulations to Eddie LaCour on his confirmation,” Tuberville wrote in a post on X. “He has done an excellent job as Alabama’s Solicitor General, and I know he will continue his great work as a federal district court judge.”
LaCour also received congratulations for his confirmation from Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.
“Eddie is a brilliant and principled lawyer who brought a deep respect for the Constitution and the rule of law to every aspect of his work,” Marshall said. “Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, Alabama, and the nation, will continue to benefit from Eddie’s unwavering integrity and exceptional service.”
“As solicitor general, Eddie left an indelible mark on some of the most consequential legal battles of our time,” the attorney general added. “His unmatched skill and sharp constitutional insight earned him respect at every level of the judiciary, including the U.S. Supreme Court. President Trump could not have made a better choice. We are incredibly proud to see Eddie bring his intellect, humility and dedication to the federal bench.”
LaCour was previously nominated by Trump to the Middle District of Alabama in 2020; however, his appointment was blocked by then U.S. Senator Doug Jones, D-Alabama, who declined to return a “blue slip” backing his nomination.
Senate tradition holds that both senators from a judicial nominee’s home state must submit blue slips in order for the nominee to progress through the Senate Judiciary Committee. LaCour was renominated by Trump in early 2021, however his nomination was cancelled when former President Joe Biden took office.
As solicitor general, LaCour unsuccessfully defended Alabama’s 2021 Congressional District Map before the Supreme Court in the state’s lengthy racial discrimination and redistricting case, Milligan v. Allen.
The case’s plaintiffs sued the state in 2021 for drawing a congressional map that diluted the influence of Black Alabamians in all districts except the 7th congressional district, in violation of the Voting Rights Act.
A three-judge panel ruled that Alabama’s map was in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in 2022, followed by the Supreme Court in 2023. Both courts ordered the state to add two majority Black districts to its Congressional map.
The Legislature failed to produce a map with two majority Black districts in 2023, prompting a federal court to step in and draw Alabama’s current district map, which was adopted for Alabama’s 2024 elections.
In August 2025, a panel of three Northern District Judges issued an injunction mandating that Alabama use its 2023 Congressional map until 2030.
LaCour’s appointment was met with a letter of opposition sent to Senate Judiciary Chair Senator Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, from the progressive judicial advocacy group, Alliance for Justice.
The letter highlighted LaCour’s defense of Alabama’s 2021 electoral map, as well as Alabama’s law criminalizing doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors and the Alabama Human Life Protection Act, which banned abortions in the state under most conditions.
The letter also took aim at LaCour’s defense of Alabama in the due process and civil forfeiture case Culley v. Marshall, and his track record on minimum wage protections, which includes defending the state of Alabama against a racial discrimination challenge against the Alabama Minimum Wage and Right to Work Act, and representing a group of businesses challenging Seattle’s minimum wage law in 2016.
“On issue after issue, LaCour has elevated the interests of the powerful over the rights of ordinary people, particularly Black voters, women, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ communities,” Alliance for Justice President Rachel Rossi wrote. “His advocacy against wage protections and in favor of abusive policing practices further underscores the same point: The law, in his hands, is a weapon to fortify power, not a shield to protect the vulnerable.”
LaCour is a 2007 graduate of Birmingham-Southern College, who received his Master of Philosophy from Trinity College Dublin in 2008, and his Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School in 2011.
Prior to his time as solicitor general, LaCour served as Alabama’s deputy solicitor general, as a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Bancroft PLLC in Washington, D.C., as well as Baker Botts LLP in Houston.
