President Joe Biden is outpacing his predecessor in the number of federal judge appointees installed during his tenure.
As of Sept. 20, Biden had notched 83 federal judges confirmed by the Senate. At this point in his presidency, Donald Trump had 69 appointees confirmed, according to NBC News. If continued at this pace, Biden is on track to beat Trump’s historic number of appointees.
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A large part of Trump’s legacy has been his high number of conservative appointments, three of which, to the Supreme Court, helped grant the anti-abortion movement a significant victory in the overturning of Roe v Wade. In just a single term, Trump appointed 234 judges. In contrast, presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush each had 325 judges confirmed by the Senate over two terms.
White House chief of staff Ron Klain marked the news by noting that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden’s first pick to be confirmed to the Supreme Court, is among the 83 and celebrated the “historic diversity” among his boss’s appointees.
.@POTUS is appointing judges at a historic pace, with historic diversity.
On Friday of this coming week, one of the 83 will be officially welcomed to her new post: Ketanji Brown Jackson. https://t.co/NnwZGHOmnv
— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) September 25, 2022
Biden’s rapid pace could be halted, however, if Republicans regain control of the Senate in the midterm elections. In the event they do, Republicans have the ability to block all of Biden’s judicial nominees.
Until then, Senate Democrats are rushing to confirm as many judicial nominees as possible.
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“I made clear confirming more of President Biden’s judicial nominees would be a top priority for Senate Democrats, and we’re making good on our promise,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told reporters, according to NBC News. “We’ve come a very long way but there’s much work left to be done.”
