He also had just 49 federal court vacancies to fill at that point — less than half the number that Trump started with. But Biden campaigned on offsetting Trump’s conservative stamp by nominating judges from diverse backgrounds, and he’s gotten more judicial nominees confirmed through the ...
TheSenate confirmed two more of Mr. Biden's nominees to the federal judiciaryon Friday — giving him a total of 235 since he took office and surpassingthe number of federal judgesapproved during President-elect Donald Trump's first term. Mr. Biden said in a statement at that time: "Judges...
At least two other gag orders on Trump still appear to be in effect: one from his New York civil business fraud trial, and one from his federal election interference case in Washington, D.C., federal court. The gag order from the civil fraud trial barred Trump from speaking about court ...
The nominees, which include nine women, must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The three Black women nominated for federal circuit court vacancies are Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Tiffany Cunningham for the U.S. Court...
Supreme Court nominees Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. (Bork was ultimately rejected by the Senate while Thomas was narrowly approved.) Biden also worked to preserve Delaware’s favorable corporate climate, legislated against domestic violence and crafted an anti-crime bill that provided for 100,...
The intended nominees would put the first Muslim American on the federal bench and the first Asian American or Pacific Islander to serve in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the first woman of color to serve as a federal judge for the District of M...
Under the 12th Amendment to the Constitution, the presidential and vice presidential nominees need to come from different states or otherwise they will lose their shared home state’s electors. “There was a guarantee to be a challenge,” Rubio said, “and when you have...
Establishment GOP operatives backed Trump because of his pledge to name as many judges to the bench as possible. Their gamble worked. Trump ended up with three Supreme Court nominees and 54 federal appeals court judges, reshaping the courts for a generation. ...
Under the 12th Amendment to the Constitution, the presidential and vice presidential nominees need to come from different states or otherwise they will lose their shared home state’s electors. “There was a guarantee to be a challenge,” Rubio said, “and when you have so many other good ...
Mr. Biden's pick of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Courtwas historic, as she is the first Black woman to sit on the nation's highest court. "The record is clear: the nominees of President Joseph Biden to the federal bench represent the best of the judiciary, the best of...