Contrary to his claim, Trump did not set a "record" for judges confirmed – though he did get a lot confirmed. His 234 confirmations to SCOTUS+district+appeals courts is behind Carter's 261. Carter (39%) and Nixon (37%) also beat Trump (27%) for percentage of the judiciary filled.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 20, 2021
Donald Trump’s final number of federal judges confirmed: 234.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 20, 2021
One-third of the Supreme Court.
More than 1/4th of the US judiciary.
More than any president in first term since Jimmy Carter.
Largely young, conservative, Federalist Society-vetted.
They’ll serve for generations.
.@chuckschumer supports lower court expansion. Key is to calibrate # of new judges to # McConnell prevented Obama from filling (=stole) in his final 2yrs in office. For each of 119 vacancies Obama was blocked from filling, 2 new judges are needed to nullify stolen seat: 2×119=238 https://t.co/vcbPeTQW0h
— Take Back the Court (@TakeBacktheCt) January 11, 2021
Good morning! ☕ Trump's presidency is ending in a few weeks. But the more than 230 people he put into lifetime federal judgeships will be shaping the nation’s law for decades.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) December 26, 2020
Most of them are white, male, right-wing ideologues. https://t.co/hsZicEWaHn
.@MaddowBlog: For nearly 125 years, the US Senate has steered clear of post-election judicial confirmations. Sen. McConnell won't let norms interfere with his crusade. https://t.co/WZxOyGy7cb
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 18, 2020
“In four years, the Trump administration put a record 226 life-tenure federal judges on the bench. And while these judges don’t make the headlines like the Supreme Court does, they are already transforming our country, a little bit at a time.”https://t.co/Do9LU6BPxQ
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) May 24, 2022
