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President Biden's first judicial nominees (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2021 OP
K&R! SheltieLover Mar 2021 #1
Good bdamomma Mar 2021 #2
When is Breyer going to retire? Ace Rothstein Mar 2021 #3
Excellent, Trump's court packing was overstated Johnny2X2X Mar 2021 #4
Thanks for the encouraging words! lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #5
You're welcome Johnny2X2X Mar 2021 #8
KNR Lucinda Mar 2021 #6
Great. Hope he has Cheri Beasley on the short list blm Mar 2021 #7
This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2021 #9

Johnny2X2X

(18,745 posts)
4. Excellent, Trump's court packing was overstated
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 09:25 AM
Mar 2021

Trump's court packing was overstated.

Did he name a ton of judges in his first term? Yes, a lot for a 1 term president. But know that Obama had 2 terms and named 320 judges to Trump's 226.

49% of all Federal judges right now were named by Obama or Clinton
20% were named by George Bush
28% were named by Trump
2% Reagan/HW Bush

And you had a ton of judges (even some Republicans) who held out because they didn't want Trump to name their replacement. There is pent up vacancies that will occur. Joe should be able to name a couple hundred judges during his first term and the Federal judiciary will most certainly be about 60-40 in favor of being named by a Dem by 2025.

The SCOTUS is another matter, Mitch stole control of the SCOTUS by robbing Obama of a justice and then ramming through RGB's replacement. Fixing that is a bigger task.

Johnny2X2X

(18,745 posts)
8. You're welcome
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 09:50 AM
Mar 2021

After this first round of replacements, over 50% of Federal judges will have been named by Clinton, Obama, or Biden.

Mitch was so desperate to ram so many through under Trump because he knew the Federal judgeships will have a Dem slant for a generation if he didn't.

If Joe wins a second term, the courts will be liberal for 30 years.

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