Biden quietly remaking courts to counter rightward lurch under Trump

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President Joe Biden may be trailing former President Donald Trump in the opinion polls, but the Democratic incumbent now has pulled ahead in one metric that will long outlive both their presidencies.

Much ink was spilled during the Trump administration over his record-breaking pace of judicial appointments with the help of then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), but Biden has an edge on the judicial legacy.

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