Thanks to Harry Reid, Donald Trump had a two-term president's impact on appeals courts

At the turn of the new year, there has been some comment about the fact that President Joe Biden is outpacing former President Donald Trump on judicial confirmations. At the end of his first year in office, Biden has confirmed 40 Article III judges total, including 11 appeals court judges and 29 district court judges. That compares favorably to the 19 confirmations Trump had managed by the end of 2017. And Biden nearly matched Trump’s record-setting confirmation of 12 appeals court judges in year one.

Biden is doing his best to reverse Trump’s judicial legacy, but there are a few considerations.