SaysWho? Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Biden's Judicial Nominees Have Diverse Backgrounds - The New York Times WWW.NYTIMES.COM The president’s first choices for district and appeals court openings reflected his campaign promise to choose judges from outside of traditional backgrounds. Quote In a statement early Tuesday, the president announced the nominations of 11 people to serve as federal district or appeals court judges, moving faster than any president in decades to fill open positions in the courts. His nominees — led by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit — included three African-American women for appeals court vacancies and candidates who, if confirmed by the Senate, would be the first federal judge who is Muslim, the first Asian-American woman to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Circuit and the first woman of color to serve as a federal judge in Maryland. Quote Mr. Biden’s first round of judicial picks were an effort to begin addressing such imbalances while the Senate is under Democratic control. Where Mr. Trump emphasized white male conservatives, Mr. Biden is diversifying not only the ethnic backgrounds of his candidates but their professional ones as well, seeking out lawyers with varied legal careers. Quote Among those named on Tuesday are nominees with experience as military and family court judges, a county administrator and an intellectual property lawyer. For the seventh circuit, Mr. Biden chose Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, an experienced litigator who was a federal public defender in Chicago for a decade, not a traditional résumé entry for an appeals court nominee. But progressives consider her to be emblematic of the type of candidates they hope Mr. Biden will select for other judicial openings around the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Good to hear, I just hate the courts have been so fucked up by Trump and Senate Republicans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyphoidHater Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Family court experience sounds like a huge plus with current border situation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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