Although Congress has impeached and removedeight federal officials—all federal judges—no president has ever been found guilty during a Senate impeachment trial.Andrew Johnsoncame awfully close, though; he barely escaped a guilty verdict by one vote. ...
Rebalancing the courts was always going to be a challenge for President Biden. When he took over, 30 percent of active federal judges had been appointed by Trump. He also had just 49 federal court vacancies to fill at that point — less than half the number that Trump started with. But ...
“How Biden compares with other recent presidents in appointing federal judges”:John Gramlich of Pew Research Center hasthis report. “Donald Trump’s Sentencing Lays Bare the Injustice of Felony Disenfranchisement; In many states, the president-elect would now be ineligible to vote in the electio...
the average Democratic senator* voted with Biden 99 percent of the time. Most of the dissent came from just a handful of senators, many of whom are
Joe Biden has tied the record for most LGBTQ+ judges confirmed in federal courts Ariana, Chappell, Billie, & Beyoncé—Out's early 2025 Grammy predictions Meet our Health Hero of the Year, Armonté Butler What is the 4B movement? And why is it rising after Trump's 2024 election win?
In Florida, Trump faces federal charges stemming from his retention of classified documents after he left the White House. Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by Trump, has indefinitely postponed the trial. She ruled in early May that picking a trial date would be "imprudent and inconsistent...
senate, its first and most urgent responsibility is to act as a judicial confirmation machine before the next congress begins on jan. 3, working night and day to fill every federal judicial vacancy for district and appeals courts. senate democrats have confirmed a slew of biden-nomin...
The Biden administration’s recentExecutive Order on AIopened the door to create a federal AI development and deployment agency that would operate under political, rather than market, oversight. The Order calls for a National AI Research Resource pilot program to establish “computational, data, mode...
U.S. immigration authorities would like to issue photo ID cards to immigrants in deportation proceedings. The plan is still being developed as a pilot program by ICE. The cards will not be an official form of federal identification but will be used by the Department of Homeland Security. The...
Trump appointed 234 judges in his first term, including dozens to appeals courts, and many have shown deep skepticism of the administrative powers long wielded by federal agencies. Opponents of Trump's policies could turn to friendlier courts with more Democratic appointees,...