The uncertainty over three Ninth Circuit court openings was settled Wednesday evening when the Trump White House announced its intended nominees for the appeals court.

But the announcement, naming lawyers Kenneth Lee, Daniel Collins and Daniel Bress to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, also laid bare the continued beef over judicial nominations between the Trump administration and Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris, the home state senators for the vacancies.

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