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BumRushDaShow

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38. "Our Judiciary is completely destroyed for the rest of most of our lives." - NOT YET.
Thu Nov 14, 2019, 11:00 PM
Nov 2019

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 Nation’s 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 country’s 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".
Sadly I agree. onecaliberal Nov 2019 #1
I concur DENVERPOPS Nov 2019 #28
totally agree. n/t. okieinpain Nov 2019 #2
Ugh.... sakabatou Nov 2019 #3
God help us! lastlib Nov 2019 #4
Hear our bdamomma Nov 2019 #31
Q, terrible, but imo this "American can't be fixed" is useful idiot noise. Hortensis Nov 2019 #5
Voting won't remove Menashi from the bench!!! atreides1 Nov 2019 #7
No, but it will put people in office who WILL remove him. Hortensis Nov 2019 #11
+1000 sheshe2 Nov 2019 #16
No, judges are not removable in this era. It requires 67 Senators to remove a judge. OliverQ Nov 2019 #17
We'll see about that. Harker Nov 2019 #20
What part of being part of a majority who don't want this Hortensis Nov 2019 #36
See Alcee Hastings BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #40
Thank you! Silver1 Nov 2019 #32
He can be impeached. CaptainTruth Nov 2019 #25
Agreed on your comment and the point above about 50 years RT Atlanta Nov 2019 #30
In regards to the judicial crisis, there's review boards and other mechanisms of enforcement Dennis Donovan Nov 2019 #8
Such mechanisms apply only to outrageous personal or enough Nov 2019 #12
Well, I'm thinking a clown like Menashi would trip up sometime... Dennis Donovan Nov 2019 #22
There is a level of competence that even a judge must maintain.... Dan Nov 2019 #29
😫 Moscow Mitch is killing our democracy. Duppers Nov 2019 #6
Disgustingly posted on his feed a week ago today... gloating over it all.... JudyM Nov 2019 #10
Omg! Duppers Nov 2019 #18
They will confirm anyone with a pulse that Fat Nixon wants. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #9
Actually, he nominates anyone they want. NT enough Nov 2019 #14
This is grotesque. Trump got into the WH by illegal means and we put up with this shit. triron Nov 2019 #13
We've been watching "The Good Fight" CrispyQ Nov 2019 #15
Fuck Mcturtle. snort Nov 2019 #19
So should we just bow to Trump? Kingofalldems Nov 2019 #21
No bdamomma Nov 2019 #33
But at least some people can feel sanctimonious that they didn't vote for the lesser of two evils StarfishSaver Nov 2019 #23
McConnell wins. maxsolomon Nov 2019 #24
But Hillary gave a speech once, so surely all this is better? Eliot Rosewater Nov 2019 #26
Yeah there was supposed to be a revolution to fix everything. ismnotwasm Nov 2019 #39
Courts are the grand prize for the deep state. That's why Trump is still in office. Auggie Nov 2019 #27
McConnell bdamomma Nov 2019 #35
He too can be impeached, right? Perseus Nov 2019 #34
'Our Judiciary is completely destroyed for the rest of most of our lives.' Celerity Nov 2019 #37
"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
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