Trump makes his mark on courts amid impeachment storm

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

President Trump and Senate Republicans have had extraordinary success pushing judicial nominees through the confirmation process at a rapid clip, giving the GOP reason to celebrate even as the White House is embroiled in an impeachment inquiry that's dominating Washington.

Amid the impeachment hearings, the Trump administration has flipped the majorities of two appeals courts to Republican-appointed judges, meaning GOP appointees now outnumber Democrats on most of the nation's circuit courts. That success has prompted conservative leaders to take victory laps in recent weeks.

Confirming ideologically conservative judges has been a top priority for Senate Republicans. Trump's pace of filling vacancies on the top appellate courts, with the help of the GOP-controlled Senate, has eclipsed the numbers put up by every other president in recent decades.

And since federal judges have lifetime appointments, the volume of Trump's nominees means more judges are poised to carry on his legacy for decades after he leaves office.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-makes-his-mark-on-courts-amid-impeachment-storm/ar-BBXhYXB?li=BBnb7Kz

[cilla4progress]

1. This is horrible,

horrible news.

[Demovictory9]

4. yeah but I find it it hard to imagine that the young of today would be willing to live like it's

1950. someway/someway the majority will overcome

[cilla4progress]

5. Excellent

thought...

[CrispyQ]

2. We watched "The Good Fight" & if they way they've portrayed some of these Trump judges is accurate,

we are fucked for a long, long time. They have shown these judges as not knowing basic court procedure & so they are very easy to manipulate by both sides.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. Moscow Mitch helped create a backlog of vacancies for this purpose

[Mc Mike]

6. Gets his stench on everything he touches. nt