With just 18 days left in his presidency, Joe Biden did a victory lap during a White House ceremony Thursday after appointing one more federal judge than his predecessor, Donald Trump.
Biden will be leaving office on Jan. 20 with the Senate having confirmed 235 of his judicial nominees. That’s compared to the 234 that Trump appointed. Biden’s biggest advantage came with lower court judges.
“I’ve appointed the most demographically diverse slate of judicial nominees ever in the history of America. It represents all of America, and the best of America,” the president said during the ceremony. “There are new historic firsts. The first black woman on the Supreme Court. I made that promise and kept it. More black women on the courts of appeals than every other previous administration in American history combined. Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Muslim Americans, the list goes on.”
Biden was flanked by outgoing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and outgoing Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill. Biden said their leadership in confirming the nominees was “invaluable,” quipping, “from my days leading the Senate Judiciary Committee 200 years ago.” Biden was chairman of the committee from 1987 to 1995.
Schumer, referencing incoming Trump returning to the Oval Office, declared, “These judges will be the shield that protects our democracy.” […]
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