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In reply to the discussion: Very bad news. Menashi was confirmed by evil Republicans. [View all]BumRushDaShow
(149,182 posts)38. "Our Judiciary is completely destroyed for the rest of most of our lives." - NOT YET.
So far, Drumpf has had (per Wikipedia's count that they tabulated from here - https://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-vacancies/current-judicial-vacancies) 162 judges (after 3 years).
At the end of Obama's 2 terms (remember he was in for 2 terms), he had appointed 329 - and that was with all the obstruction.
POLITICS 01/12/2017 07:00 am ET Updated Jan 12, 2017
How Barack Obama Transformed The Nations Courts
He filled two SCOTUS seats and made the judiciary more diverse than ever. But the GOP stopped him from doing more.
By Jennifer Bendery
Obama will leave office with 329 of his judicial nominees confirmed to lifetime posts on federal courts. That includes two U.S. Supreme Court justices and four judges on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the two most powerful courts in the nation. Because of Obama, Democratic appointees now have a 7-4 advantage on the D.C. panel, and those judges will play a major role in deciding cases during the Trump administration related to environmental regulations, health care, national security, consumer protections and challenges to executive orders.
Obama also tilted the partisan makeup of circuit courts. Nine of the countrys 13 appeals courts now have majority Democratic appointees, compared with just one when he took office in 2009.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/barack-obama-judicial-legacy_us_586c1944e4b0de3a08f9eb1f
How Barack Obama Transformed The Nations Courts
He filled two SCOTUS seats and made the judiciary more diverse than ever. But the GOP stopped him from doing more.
By Jennifer Bendery
Obama will leave office with 329 of his judicial nominees confirmed to lifetime posts on federal courts. That includes two U.S. Supreme Court justices and four judges on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the two most powerful courts in the nation. Because of Obama, Democratic appointees now have a 7-4 advantage on the D.C. panel, and those judges will play a major role in deciding cases during the Trump administration related to environmental regulations, health care, national security, consumer protections and challenges to executive orders.
Obama also tilted the partisan makeup of circuit courts. Nine of the countrys 13 appeals courts now have majority Democratic appointees, compared with just one when he took office in 2009.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/barack-obama-judicial-legacy_us_586c1944e4b0de3a08f9eb1f
So what has changed now is that rather than 9 of the 13 Appeals courts being (D) and 4 (R), it's now 8 of them as (D) and 5 (R). Before Obama was elected, those Circuit courts were 12 (R) and 1 (D).
So if we can insure he doesn't get back in, we can cut this off at the pass.
I have had to post this over and over and over and over here on DU because of the unfortunate lack of this info being put out there and the continual whining that Obama and Democrats "did nothing".
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No, judges are not removable in this era. It requires 67 Senators to remove a judge.
OliverQ
Nov 2019
#17
In regards to the judicial crisis, there's review boards and other mechanisms of enforcement
Dennis Donovan
Nov 2019
#8
This is grotesque. Trump got into the WH by illegal means and we put up with this shit.
triron
Nov 2019
#13
But at least some people can feel sanctimonious that they didn't vote for the lesser of two evils
StarfishSaver
Nov 2019
#23
Courts are the grand prize for the deep state. That's why Trump is still in office.
Auggie
Nov 2019
#27
"Our Judiciary is completely destroyed for the rest of most of our lives." - NOT YET.
BumRushDaShow
Nov 2019
#38
Once the GOP has been crippled, there will be many ways to skin a cat. nt
Progressive Jones
Nov 2019
#41