The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Alabama Solicitor General Edmund “Eddie” LaCour Jr. as a federal judge for the Northern District of Alabama.
The 51-47 vote fell along party lines and fills the vacancy left by Chief Judge L. Scott Coogler, who retired earlier this year, Yellowhammer News reported.
LaCour’s confirmation caps a string of judicial victories for Alabama’s Senate delegation, following the recent confirmations of former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Bill Lewis and Huntsville attorney Hal Mooty.
LaCour has served as Solicitor General under Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall since 2019, leading many of the state’s most high-profile appellate cases.
Among them was Allen v. Milligan, the landmark Alabama redistricting case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.
His confirmation also closes a political chapter that began five years ago.
LaCour was first nominated to the federal bench in 2020 but was blocked by then-Sen. Doug Jones, who used his authority as Alabama’s home-state senator to prevent the nomination from advancing.
With the state’s Senate seats now held by Republicans, the nomination proceeded smoothly this time.
President Trump formally nominated LaCour earlier this year as part of a broader effort to fill federal vacancies in Alabama and other southern states.
Sen. Katie Britt, who led the confirmation effort alongside Sen. Tommy Tuberville, called LaCour’s legal record “unparalleled.”