Biden moves quickly on confirming judges, lags behind with other vacancies

Senators have advanced President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees at a rapid pace, but the administration still lags behind its predecessors in filling vacancies throughout the executive branch at the 200-day mark of Biden’s presidency.

The White House unveiled its sixth slate of judicial nominees on Thursday and has already gotten nine nominees confirmed to the bench, according to the American Constitution Society, which tracks appointments and vacancies in the federal judiciary.