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Senate Confirms Kara Westercamp to U.S. Court of International Trade

The appointment raises questions about her past inflammatory social media posts and promised recusals linked to her work advising President Trump on tariff policy.

White House lawyer Kara Westercamp appears before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 25, 2026, in this screengrab from video. U.S. Senate/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

Overview

  • The Senate approved Westercamp by a 50-48 vote for a life-tenured seat on the New York-based Court of International Trade.
  • Lawmakers pressed Westercamp over past tweets that attacked multiple senators and referenced January 6, and she apologized during a March Judiciary Committee hearing.
  • Westercamp pledged to recuse herself from cases she worked on at the White House Counsel’s Office, a commitment that senators said would limit conflicts on matters tied to her prior work.
  • Her nomination drew attention because she advised President Trump on tariff measures that intersect with trade cases, and the recent Supreme Court ruling that struck down broad Trump tariffs changes the legal landscape for those disputes.
  • Coverage split between outlets that reported the narrow, partisan vote and those that emphasized temperament concerns, while the confirmation gives a relatively young Trump-aligned lawyer a lifetime role in trade litigation.