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Nevilledog

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 09:14 PM Feb 2022

Why Biden's judges are different -- and what that means for the Supreme Court




https://www.grid.news/story/politics/2022/02/08/why-bidens-judges-are-different-and-what-that-means-for-the-supreme-court/


President Joe Biden’s judges are different.

Not only are they different from those of President Donald Trump, but Biden’s judicial nominees are different from those of any president before him.

In three ways, the first year of Biden’s judicial selections tells an important story about the effect the president is looking to have on the judiciary — a story that provides the clearest available information about how Biden will likely choose his first Supreme Court nominee.

First, the Biden administration, learning from the history of past Democratic administrations and from Biden’s own history on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has moved quickly on nominations — outpacing even the Trump administration’s quick judicial moves. In Biden’s first year in office, the Senate confirmed 13 appeals court nominees. Because the Supreme Court hears only a limited number of cases, these intermediate court judges have the final say over most cases in the federal courts.

In recent times, federal appellate court judges have also been the key group of people considered for Supreme Court vacancies. Of the current justices, only Justice Elena Kagan was not a federal appeals court judge when nominated for the Supreme Court. And, even in her situation, she was playing a key role in the judiciary, serving as the Obama administration’s solicitor general. (The administration’s top lawyer at the Supreme Court, the solicitor general is often referred to as “the tenth justice” due to the outsize role the lawyer plays in cases before the court.)

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Why Biden's judges are different -- and what that means for the Supreme Court (Original Post) Nevilledog Feb 2022 OP
Biden's choices aren't drunken rapists... canuckledragger Feb 2022 #1
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