Biden could ‘best’ Trump’s judicial record after Senate deal

Published November 23, 2024 6:00am ET



President Joe Biden has a good chance to outdo President-elect Donald Trump‘s 234 federal judgeship confirmations thanks to an agreement between Senate Republicans and Democrats this week.

A deal struck by Senate leadership this week gives Biden a shot at confirming as many judges as Trump did, in exchange for leaving four appellate court seats open when the new president assumes office. The number of judges confirmed under Biden stands at 221, following a series of judicial confirmations that were made possible in part due to absences of GOP lawmakers in the upper chamber over the past week.

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