SaysWho? Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 All this news on the reconciliation bill has really gotten me down, so it's nice to see something that made me quite happy! With public defenders as judges, Biden quietly makes history on the courts WWW.NBCNEWS.COM Overall, Biden is outpacing every other president since Richard Nixon in confirming circuit court judges, who have the last word in most federal cases. Quote One of his new appellate judges is Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, a former public defender who is widely seen by people close to Biden as a future Supreme Court contender. Progressives have lamented the long-standing tendency of presidents in both parties to prioritize corporate lawyers and prosecutors for federal judgeships, arguing that the lack of diversity in experience on the courts has created blind spots in the justice system. Kang, who worked on judicial selection in the Obama White House, recalled having to grapple with criticism Obama got for a lack of professional diversity among his nominees. Biden's White House counsel, Dana Remus, has sought to correct that early by making it clear that Biden intends to change course and nominate more public defenders and civil rights lawyers. Quote Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has put a high priority on judicial nominations, and he has kept the chamber's 50 Democratic-voting members on board to push through Biden's judges, sometimes without any Republican votes. While he has struggled to advance major parts of Biden's agenda that are subject to the filibuster, judicial nominees are exempt from the 60-vote rule. Overall, Gelpi is Biden's 17th confirmed judge under Article III of the Constitution — six on appeals courts and 11 on district courts. The next nominee, Christine O'Hearn, the selection to be a district judge in New Jersey, is expected to get a final vote Tuesday. Dozens more nominees await votes. Quote Some conservatives are raising alarms about Biden's impact on the courts. Carrie Severino, the president of the right-leaning Judicial Crisis Network, said liberal groups that spent "millions of dollars to help elect Joe Biden have become quite vocal in demanding judicial nominees who will help promote their liberal policy aims from the bench, and he has shown a willingness to do whatever he can to appease those groups." So mad about a lot of things, but this is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Alright, that gets at least a golf clap from me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 If he is able to get someone on SCOTUS like Sotomayor but the dumbass breyer needs to do the partisan thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: If he is able to get someone on SCOTUS like Sotomayor but the dumbass breyer needs to do the partisan thing Just accept that Biden will get to appoint zero judges, and the Republican who wins in 2024 will get to appoint four. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 11 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Just accept that Biden will get to appoint zero judges, and the Republican who wins in 2024 will get to appoint four. Who else besides Thomas and Breyer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Joe said: Who else besides Thomas and Breyer? Alito is 71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 2 hours ago, sblfilms said: Alito is 71 plus I heard that a lot of people are retiring early now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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