Biden set to surpass Trump in first-year judicial nominees; a window into a major Democratic push

[RandySF]

(CNN)President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced his latest wave of nine judicial nominees, capping a year where the selections -- and an effort to establish an imprint on the federal courts -- served as a focal point for his administration.

Biden announced his intent to nominate nine district court nominees, bringing the administration's total for the year to 73 -- one more than former President Donald Trump nominated in his first year in office.

Among the nominees Biden announced his intent to name are Jessica G.L. Clarke, the chief of the New York Attorney General's Civil Rights Bureau since 2019, for the Southern District of New York. He will also nominate Sherilyn Peace Garnett, a former prosecutor and current California Superior Court judge, for the Central District of California.

For Biden and other Democrats, the filling of federal judicial openings took on a new level of significance in the wake of the historically successful push by Trump and Senate Republicans. Biden pledged during his presidential campaign not only to make nominations a priority, but also to pursue nominees who brought both personal and professional diversity to the bench.


https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/15/politics/biden-judicial-nominations-trump/

[Demovictory9]

1. Good

[BlueTsunami2018]

2. One good thing the traitorous twosome do....

Is vote for the judicial appointments. We need to fill every possible vacancy before the fascists take back over.

[onenote]

6. Yet there are some DUers who think that we should push Manchin and Sinema to change parties

even if it made McConnell majority leader and meant no more judicial confirmations.

[True Dough]

3. This is the way to go

Keep pushing for more.

[gab13by13]

4. To clear things up a bit;

As of December 15, 2021, the United States Senate has confirmed 31 Article III judges nominated by Biden: eleven judges for the United States courts of appeals and 19 judges for the United States district courts.

Schumer needs to get busy.

[onenote]

5. comparison to trump

As of December 15, 2017, the Senate had confirmed 19 Article III judges nominated by Trump; one Supreme Court Justice; twelve Court of Appeals judges and six district court judges.

[gab13by13]

7. President Biden is doing fine,

Schumer needs to pick up the pace.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. Biden is not getting enough credit for his judicial nominees.

Link to tweet

[Tickle]

9. Hmm

Trump put on 187 federal court judges plus 50 court of appeal judges

[W_HAMILTON]

11. Not in his first year.

I mean, the article has the facts right there for you...

[Tickle]

12. Ah ok I

misread the article

[JI7]

10. Why we still need Manchin