Whitney Hermandorfer, a former clerk to three conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices who was chosen by President Donald Trump to become a federal appeals court judge faced questions from lawmakers about her youth and her support of the Republican president's order curtailing birthright citizenship. Hermandorfer, tapped to serve on the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, defended her record at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's first hearing on judicial nominees since Trump returned to office in January https://reut.rs/43MAnIQ