Amy Coney Barrett makes three. That’s the number of Supreme Court justices President Trump has successfully nominated, in addition to 220 lower federal court judgeships in a single term. In an era in which news cycles are as ephemeral as tweets, even presidential ones, these lifetime appointments make up a legacy that will endure for years to come.
Timing and circumstance allowed Trump to nominate three Supreme Court justices in only his first term. President Richard Nixon was the last, and before that, President Herbert Hoover.
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