BREAKING: Despite longest 50-50 Senate in history, the Committee & @SenateDems had enormous success when it came to judges. In total, Committee voted to advance 126 noms & Senate confirmed 97 lifetime appointments—better than the first two years of the Obama & Trump Admins.
— Senate Judiciary Committee (@JudiciaryDems) December 23, 2022
This Senate has confirmed 97 federal judges.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) December 22, 2022
That’s more than the first Congress in either of the two previous administrations.
President Biden just announced his 28th round of nominees for federal judicial positions — bringing the number of announced federal judicial nominees to 150.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 22, 2022
Biden has already gotten more Black women confirmed to the US Court of Appeals than every other president in US history combined.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) December 15, 2022
Senate Democrats have confirmed 95 of @POTUS's highly qualified and diverse judicial nominees to the federal bench:
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) December 12, 2022
About 75% are women
Almost 70% are people of color
Nearly 50% are women of color
Nearly 25% are Black women
And we will keep working to confirm more!
There are two Alabama vacancies, also not filled because of deference to home state Senators who refuse to return courtesy blue slips that would let nominations move forward. Where blue slips are unreasonably withheld by GOP Senators nominations should go forward regardless. https://t.co/tKA4so0GKM
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) December 6, 2022
Analysis: Democrats can keep confirming them now, after they kept the Senate majority. But thanks to the GOP’s 2015-16 blockade, the makeup of the courts hasn’t shifted as substantially.https://t.co/PH1X1iNFHk
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 21, 2022
Sad! 