Schumer’s office sends me these numbers, which align with my own reporting on judicial confirmations under Biden.
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) November 1, 2021
Bottom line is that Biden is crushing it on judges, filling vacancies much faster than any of his recent predecessors. pic.twitter.com/UnaB2p2Lxd
As Democrats haggle over Build Back Better, the Senate is churning out Biden-picked federal judges.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 27, 2021
The Schumer-led Senate has confirmed six this week alone, bringing Biden's total to 25 judges.
For now, Biden is outpacing Trump, who had inked a total of 8 judges at this stage.
Schumer has done everything you could ask for, not only in terms of recommending professionally diverse judges for vacancies in New York, but in prioritizing Biden's picks on the Senate floor to ensure they get confirmed quickly. Bravo @SenSchumerhttps://t.co/xevq4DxvVR
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 27, 2021
President Biden is outpacing every other president since Richard Nixon in confirming circuit court judges, who have the last word in most federal cases.https://t.co/TgTKuVcFXA
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 23, 2021
New —> Joe Biden is quietly making history on the courts
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 19, 2021
Senate just confirmed his fifth circuit judge with a public defender background, matching Obama’s number over 8 years. Part of a White House push to rewrite the playbook for who gets to be a judge.https://t.co/T7F4NmgYUs
NEW: Biden has two more opportunities to fill seats on the Second Circuit, opening the door for him to bolster the liberal wing of a court already tipping toward a Democratic-appointed majority. https://t.co/ys1kFtad0J
— Madison Alder (@madialder) October 7, 2021
Court expansion is not just about revenge, it's about REFORM. The federal system desperately needs more judges. The Senate needs to confirm judges Biden has nominated AND expand the courts to add more.
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) October 1, 2021
It's what McConnell would do.
My latest in @thenation https://t.co/hTvBVAfEeL
New this am: Biden has nominated 10 more to the federal bench, bringing total nominations to 53.
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) September 30, 2021
Of those 53, a WH official says:
– 72% are women
– 28% are African-American
– 21% are Hispanic
– 23% are AAPIhttps://t.co/nYy4tBq3hs
President Biden nominates 10 more to the federal bench, with a continued focus on diversity https://t.co/lhmY4CaZst
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 30, 2021
President Biden has acted on @SenSchumer's recommendation and nominated Dale Ho, the top voting rights lawyer at @ACLU who argued against Trump's politicization of the census, to be a federal judge in NY. This is one of Biden's finest choices for the benchpic.twitter.com/IvKM5y16lo
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) September 30, 2021
The U.S. Senate confirms Florence Pan as the first Asian American woman to serve as a federal district court judge in Washington, D.C. https://t.co/1FbeQr2EXK
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 24, 2021
.@POTUS has now added more federal judges to the bench than any new President in 50 years. https://t.co/2qahOwDUMr
— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) September 21, 2021
Today’s Senate confirmation of Judge Veronica Rossman makes her the first-ever former public defender to serve on the Tenth Circuit—and flips the federal appeals court to a majority of Democratic appointees. https://t.co/jWO3Mrs2E9 pic.twitter.com/srzvIVagPA
— Balls & Strikes (@ballsstrikes) September 20, 2021