Biden made diversifying the federal bench a top priority. Here's a look at his legacy
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Biden made diversifying the federal bench a top priority. Here's a look at his legacy

NPR  

Biden made diversifying the federal bench a top priority. Here's a look at his legacy toggle caption Shawn Thew/Pool/AFP via Getty Images President Biden leaves office this month after appointing 235 lawyers to the bench — more than a quarter of all active federal judges. "For the first time in a long, long time, we have a bench that looks like and represents all of America," he said at a White House event trumpeting his judicial legacy Thursday. "Every single one of those judges are making important decisions about every aspect of our lives, whether it's who can vote and where we can vote, who has access to health care, who can marry the person they love, who is paid fairly, and so much more," said Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program and an advisor at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. She said this White House also made a point of stressing professional diversity by advancing civil rights lawyers, labor lawyers and public defenders.

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Biden celebrates 235 judicial confirmations — a ‘vital check on the excesses of other branches’
6 days, 9 hours ago

Biden celebrates 235 judicial confirmations — a ‘vital check on the excesses of other branches’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy With just over two weeks until he cedes the reins …

Joe Biden Just Beat Donald Trump On This Extremely Important Metric
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Joe Biden Just Beat Donald Trump On This Extremely Important Metric

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― The Senate on Friday confirmed President Joe Biden’s 235th lifetime federal judge, a historic milestone that exceeds predecessor Donald Trump’s impressive first-term total by one. “These highly qualified men and women — all committed to the rule of law and the Constitution — will serve the federal Judiciary for decades to come.” Judges are arguably …

Senate confirms 200th federal judge under Biden as Democrats surpass Trump’s pace
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Senate confirms 200th federal judge under Biden as Democrats surpass Trump’s pace

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the 200th federal judge of President Joe Biden’s tenure, about a month earlier than when Donald Trump hit that mark in his term, though Trump still holds the edge when it comes to the most impactful confirmations — those to the Supreme Court and the country’s 13 appellate courts. “Simply put, our 200 …

Senate confirms 200th federal judge under Biden as Democrats surpass Trump’s pace
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Senate confirms 200th federal judge under Biden as Democrats surpass Trump’s pace

LA Times  

The current pace of judicial confirmations for this White House came despite President Biden coming into office with far fewer vacancies than his predecessor. The Senate confirmed the 200th federal judge of President Biden’s tenure Wednesday, about a month earlier than Donald Trump hit that mark in his term, though Trump still holds the edge when it comes to the …

'Stunning Diversity': How Joe Biden Reshaped The Courts In 2023
1 year ago

'Stunning Diversity': How Joe Biden Reshaped The Courts In 2023

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Joe Biden did something this year that no other president has done. “Judges rule on issues related to health care, voting rights and so much more that impacts our daily lives, so it is especially meaningful to see brilliant civil rights lawyers ascend to the bench directly from our nation’s civil and human rights and public interest …

Joe Biden Has Confirmed 150 Federal Judges. 100 Of Them Are Women.
1 year, 2 months ago

Joe Biden Has Confirmed 150 Federal Judges. 100 Of Them Are Women.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden hit a milestone on Tuesday that he’ll certainly be touting on the campaign trail: He’s put 150 people into lifetime federal judgeships – and of those, 100 are women and 98 are people of color. “Working closely with Leader Schumer and Judiciary Chair Durbin, the Biden-Harris administration has made enormous strides when it comes …

Biden has bolstered 9th Circuit’s liberal flank, but has yet to match Trump’s impact
1 year, 11 months ago

Biden has bolstered 9th Circuit’s liberal flank, but has yet to match Trump’s impact

LA Times  

President Biden is leaving a distinct mark on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, adding relatively young jurists of color who have bolstered the influential court’s liberal flank. Biden’s appointments still represent a net gain for liberals, particularly given that the liberal judges he replaced all remain on part-time “senior status” and will continue hearing appeals and issuing opinions. …

President Biden has made choosing diverse federal judges a priority
2 years ago

President Biden has made choosing diverse federal judges a priority

NPR  

President Biden has made choosing diverse federal judges a priority Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Senate confirmed 97 federal judges during President Biden's first two years in office, setting records for the sheer numbers of jurists and their diversity. In the end, federal courts may be one of Biden's deepest legacies, since judges …

Biden outpacing Trump, Obama with diverse judicial nominees
2 years ago

Biden outpacing Trump, Obama with diverse judicial nominees

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For the Biden White House, a quartet of four female judges in Colorado encapsulates its mission when it comes to the federal judiciary. With these four women, who were confirmed during the first two years of President Joe Biden’s term, there is a breadth of personal and professional diversity that the White House and Democratic senators have promoted …

Biden outpacing Trump, Obama with diverse judicial nominees
2 years ago

Biden outpacing Trump, Obama with diverse judicial nominees

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For the Biden White House, a quartet of four female judges in Colorado encapsulates its mission when it comes to the federal judiciary. “What it says to the public at large is that if you wind up in federal court for whatever reason, you’re much more likely to have a judge who understands where you came from, who …

Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as first black woman to sit on US Supreme Court
2 years, 9 months ago

Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as first black woman to sit on US Supreme Court

Firstpost  

Jackson, whose parents attended segregated schools, has two degrees from Harvard University and, at 51, is in line to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer when he retires at the end of the court’s session this summer, making her a justice in waiting. Washington: The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black …

Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
2 years, 9 months ago

Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

LA Times  

Jackson shatters the glass ceiling with the Senate’s 53-47 confirmation vote, though she won’t be formally sworn in until this summer. The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, promoting the appellate judge to a lifetime seat no Black woman has ever occupied. But in appointing the first Black female justice, Biden hopes to energize …

US Supreme Court nominee Jackson gets key Republican support
2 years, 9 months ago

US Supreme Court nominee Jackson gets key Republican support

Al Jazeera  

Senator Susan Collins says she will vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson, who would be first Black woman on top court. A key Republican in the United States Senate has announced plans to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee to the country’s top court, all but assuring that Ketanji Brown Jackson will become the first Black woman to sit on the …

Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden’s Supreme Court pick?
2 years, 9 months ago

Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden’s Supreme Court pick?

Al Jazeera  

As Jackson’s Senate confirmation hearings get under way, Al Jazeera examines her path to the United States’ top court. When US President Joe Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States’ highest court, he praised her “exceptional credentials, unimpeachable character, and an unwavering dedication to the rule of law”. Biden’s pick was also historic, as Jackson would be the …

Biden nominates Jackson, first Black woman, to Supreme Court
2 years, 10 months ago

Biden nominates Jackson, first Black woman, to Supreme Court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed American segregation. Introducing Jackson at the White House, Biden declared, “I believe it’s time that we have a court that reflects …

Joe Biden announces first Black woman as Supreme Court judge
2 years, 10 months ago

Joe Biden announces first Black woman as Supreme Court judge

Hindustan Times  

Making history, US President Joe Biden has nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as a judge in the US Supreme Court. Ketanji Brown Jackson will become the first African-American woman in U history to serve in the highest court of the land in its history. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Jackson has served as public defender - a White …

Ketanji Brown Jackson is Biden’s pick for US Supreme Court
2 years, 10 months ago

Ketanji Brown Jackson is Biden’s pick for US Supreme Court

Al Jazeera  

President Joe Biden nominates federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on the US Supreme Court. President Joe Biden has nominated United States appeals court judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to serve on the US Supreme Court. Circuit, she is one of our nation’s brightest legal minds and will …

Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson as first African-American woman to US Supreme Court
2 years, 10 months ago

Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson as first African-American woman to US Supreme Court

India TV News  

Highlights US President Joe Biden taps Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court Biden taps Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court She would also be only the sixth woman to serve on the court President Joe Biden on Friday will nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the White House said, making her the first Black …

Biden seeking professional diversity in his judicial picks
2 years, 10 months ago

Biden seeking professional diversity in his judicial picks

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spent a recent flight aboard Air Force One reminiscing with lawmakers and aides about his start as a young lawyer in Delaware working as a public defender in the late 1960s. Biden has already made history by nominating more public defenders, civil rights attorneys and nonprofit lawyers to the federal bench during his first year …

Biden vows to appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court as Breyer makes retirement official
2 years, 11 months ago

Biden vows to appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court as Breyer makes retirement official

LA Times  

President Biden delivers remarks on the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, in background, at the White House on Thursday. President Biden praised Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, who made his retirement official at the White House on Thursday, vowing that his choice to replace him will be a Black woman and that he plans to announce …

40 federal judges confirmed in 2021; Biden nominates 2 more
3 years ago

40 federal judges confirmed in 2021; Biden nominates 2 more

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday made two final nominations to the federal bench this year as he caps his first year in office with 40 judges confirmed, the most since Ronald Reagan was president. Former GOP president Donald Trump and then-Senate Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky oushed through a flurry of federal judges and three Supreme Court justices …

Senate Confirms First Openly LGBTQ Woman To Lifetime Seat On U.S. Appeals Court
3 years, 2 months ago

Senate Confirms First Openly LGBTQ Woman To Lifetime Seat On U.S. Appeals Court

Huff Post  

Robinson was a civil litigator in private practice from 1993 to 2010, during which time she focused on civil litigation including employment law, workers’ compensation, contract disputes and family law. Robinson’s confirmation also shifts the balance of that court to a majority Democrat-appointed panel of judges, a detail that progressive judicial advocates hailed as a sign that Biden is already …

Biden’s judges: More diverse and more of them
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden’s judges: More diverse and more of them

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — With no Supreme Court opening to slow them, President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats are putting judges on federal trial and appellate courts at a much faster clip than any of Biden’s recent predecessors, including former President Donald Trump. “I don’t see any silver lining to Breyer staying on the court,” said Nan Aron, the outgoing president of …

There Are Only 2 Native American Federal Judges. Biden Just Nominated A Third.
3 years, 7 months ago

There Are Only 2 Native American Federal Judges. Biden Just Nominated A Third.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden unveiled his latest batch of judicial nominees on Wednesday, and in the mix is a woman who would be one of the nation’s few Native American federal judges. If confirmed, King will be one of just three Native American judges currently on the federal bench out of nearly 900 federal judgeships. “Her being the …

The old guard of the judiciary moves on as Biden announces new picks for bench
3 years, 9 months ago

The old guard of the judiciary moves on as Biden announces new picks for bench

CNN  

CNN — As President Joe Biden launches a new era of judicial appointments, the old guard of the bench is in its twilight. While there are no longer any Reagan appointees on the high court, there are still six active Reagan judges on US appellate courts, many known for their robust right-wing views, such as J. Harvie Wilkinson on the …

Biden Makes 1st Judicial Nominations, Including A Supreme Court Contender
3 years, 9 months ago

Biden Makes 1st Judicial Nominations, Including A Supreme Court Contender

NPR  

Biden Makes 1st Judicial Nominations, Including A Supreme Court Contender Enlarge this image toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Susan Walsh/AP President Biden announced his first judicial nominations Tuesday, including Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Court of Appeals seat vacated by Merrick Garland when he became U.S. attorney general. Sponsor Message The list is a diverse one: It includes three African …

‘Trailblazing’: Biden pushes diversity in federal judge nominees
3 years, 9 months ago

‘Trailblazing’: Biden pushes diversity in federal judge nominees

Al Jazeera  

Biden’s nominees include three Black women and a man who could become the first Muslim-American federal judge in the US. President Joe Biden has released his first slate of federal judicial nominations, 11 in total, including three Black women for federal circuit court vacancies and a man who could become the first Muslim-American federal judge. Supreme Court promise Biden’s nominees …

Biden’s diverse first judicial picks put a Black woman on the path for the Supreme Court
3 years, 9 months ago

Biden’s diverse first judicial picks put a Black woman on the path for the Supreme Court

LA Times  

President Biden speaks during an event in the South Court auditorium at the White House complex on Monday. President Biden announced his first slate of judicial nominees Tuesday, moving quickly to put a diverse cast on the judiciary and placing a 50-year-old federal judge in position to potentially become the first Black woman chosen for the U.S. Supreme Court. All …

Biden getting 1st shot at making mark on federal judiciary
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden getting 1st shot at making mark on federal judiciary

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has two seats to fill on the influential appeals court in the nation’s capital that regularly feeds judges to the Supreme Court. Trump ended up making three Supreme Court appointments to go along with 54 appellate court picks and 174 trial judges, aided by then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s determination to, as he put it, …

Federal Judges Are Retiring Now That Joe Biden Will Pick Their Replacements
3 years, 11 months ago

Federal Judges Are Retiring Now That Joe Biden Will Pick Their Replacements

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING For at least one federal judge, it appeared that President Joe Biden couldn’t be sworn in fast enough. Here’s a copy of Roberts’ letter: Roberts is one of five federal judges with lifetime appointments who have announced plans to retire or semi-retire since last Wednesday, the day Donald Trump left the White House, according to data provided …

Biden's Team Tells Senate Democrats To Send Him Judicial Nominees ASAP
4 years ago

Biden's Team Tells Senate Democrats To Send Him Judicial Nominees ASAP

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President-elect Joe Biden is signaling that he’s ready to move quickly with nominating judges once he’s sworn into office. In a letter obtained by HuffPost, Biden’s incoming White House counsel Dana Remus tells Democratic senators to try to find public defenders and civil rights attorneys in their states who they think would be a good fit for …

Biden can still win on the Supreme Court — with Stacey Abrams as his nominee
4 years, 3 months ago

Biden can still win on the Supreme Court — with Stacey Abrams as his nominee

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Most people know the stakes: Ginsburg’s …

The Trump Bench: James Ho
5 years, 2 months ago

The Trump Bench: James Ho

Slate  

Welcome to the Trump Bench, a new series where Slate analyzes a Trump judge’s latest work. “If we want to stop mass shootings,” Ho wrote, “we should stop punishing police officers who put their lives on the line to prevent them.” Ho issued his polemic in a case called Winzer v. Kaufman County. The majority held that Hinds had violated …

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