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Joinfortmill

(14,416 posts)
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 10:53 AM Jan 2022

Biden rocks it! Judicial nominations confirmed now at 42.

https://www.rollcall.com/2022/01/10/biden-judicial-nomination-train-heading-for-purple-and-red-state-stops/

Biden judicial nomination train heading for purple and red states
President has made diversity on bench a priority

"The hundreds of lower district and circuit courts have the ultimate say in all but the several dozen cases the Supreme Court decides each year. Democrats argue that more diversity among judges in their racial, gender and professional backgrounds means the judiciary will better represent the U.S. population."

Though two more judges confirmed since this article, it's relevance remains.


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Biden rocks it! Judicial nominations confirmed now at 42. (Original Post) Joinfortmill Jan 2022 OP
Thank you senator Reid jimfields33 Jan 2022 #1

jimfields33

(15,769 posts)
1. Thank you senator Reid
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 11:01 AM
Jan 2022

He never gets credit for lifting the filibuster on judges but he should. Weirdly some think it was Mcconnell. Yieks! He only did on Supreme Court after senator Reid courageously did it for lower judges.

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