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Biden has installed a significant number of judges from diverse backgrounds — now comes the hard part
The pace reflects an urgency from the Biden White House and Democratic senators to make up ground lost to Republicans who prioritized filling the judiciary with conservatives during the Trump presidency.
By Seung Min Kim and Ann E. Marimow
President Biden has muscled through the highest number of federal judges in the first year of a presidency in four decades, rapidly filling vacancies at a clip that outpaces his predecessor with judicial picks from a diverse range of racial, gender and professional backgrounds.
The pace reflects an urgency from the Biden White House and Democratic senators to make up ground lost to Republicans who prioritized filling the judiciary with conservatives, putting in place more than 230 judges during the Trump presidency.
The White House, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and the Senate Judiciary Committee have effectively built a conveyor belt of candidates that swiftly moves nominees from their White House nomination to congressional hearings to floor votes, with Schumer reserving prized floor time for confirming Biden’s judiciary picks over other priorities.
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