Biden has appointed 105 federal judges, surpassing Trump, Obama and Bush
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Biden has appointed 105 federal judges, surpassing Trump, Obama and Bush. Democrats benefit from changing court demographics
The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden 's 100th judicial appointment Tuesday and the Upper House had confirmed 105 of its nominees as of Thursday, surpassing the pace set by his predecessors George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump, according to ABC News. .
Since the Trump administration, confirmation of judges has been a major focus of the Senate's Democratic majority, which can now move even faster with an outright majority on the Judiciary Committee, and Senate-confirmed Biden judge picks will alter the demographic and professional composition of the judicial branch.
The president and Democrats have celebrated this, saying it increases representation.
Conservatives take a different view, arguing that personal backgrounds should not be emphasized in judges because they risk tainting the way their decisions are viewed.
More minority judges
Biden's justice appointees include the first African-American Supreme Court justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson , as well as 23 minorities on US circuit or appellate courts, including 17 women, Democrats said earlier. This week.
More than three-quarters of Biden's confirmed nominees are women and more than two-thirds of them are non-white, according to Senate Democrats, who also highlight how Biden's options for the judiciary go beyond prosecutors to include public defenders, civil rights attorneys and more.
Schumer told ABC News in a statement after the 100th confirmation that when Americans can look at our courts and see people who look like them and come from their backgrounds and share similar experiences, the better our court system is.