Washington — President Biden on Wednesday He secured 235 judicial confirmations. This figure surpasses that of his predecessor, President-elect Donald Trump, during his single term in the White House.
Mr. Biden is expected to deliver White House remarks highlighting the judges and Supreme Court justices he nominated. Democratic-led Senate confirmation To the federal bench. The president’s judicial record includes one Supreme Court judge, 45 federal appellate judges, 187 U.S. district judges, and two International Trade Court judges.
Biden nominates Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court it was historicBecause she is the first black woman to sit on America’s highest court.
The president, who served as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee while serving in the Senate, has promised to diversify the federal judiciary by appointing judges from various fields since the beginning of his administration in 2020. Diverse professional and personal backgrounds. Biden’s judicial nominees include more than 45 public defenders and 25 civil rights attorneys, including Jackson.
In addition to nominating the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, Biden has nominated more Black women to federal appeals courts than all previous presidential administrations combined, according to the White House.
The 235 judicial confirmations are the highest number in the four years since the late President Jimmy Carter took office, and have surpassed this figure. Trump Appointed to Congress singly. Carter did not appoint any Supreme Court justices, but he appointed 262 judges to the federal courts in 1978 after Congress passed legislation creating 35 new appeals court positions and 117 district court seats.
However, President Trump nominated three Supreme Court justices, securing a 6-3 conservative majority, and secured 54 federal appeals court judges.
The 13 appeals courts hear more than 40,000 cases a year, considering the Supreme Court hears less than 100 cases each year and typically makes the final decision in legal disputes.
