CONFIRMED: Tiffany Cunningham, the first Black judge to ever serve on the Federal Circuit

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Go Joe

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[BGBD]

1. 45 years old

She'll be on the shortlist to succeed Breyer.....assuming he realizes how badly he needs to retire.

[Johnny2X2X]

2. The courts aren't as bad as people think

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_by_judicial_appointments

By the end of Joe's first term, Dem appointees will dominate the Federal Judiciary. Right now it's 51.3% Republican appointed, 48.7% Dem appointed, but that will change with every new Biden judge that is confirmed. Of course the SCOTUS is really slanted, but the rest of the courts are fairly balanced right now, and there are some holdovers from Bush I, Reagan, and even Bush 2 that aren't total nut jobs. The 29% of them appointed by Trump are going to be a big problem going forward, but this is not as hopeless a situation as it's portrayed. And the lower courts decide important issues all the time, most stuff never makes it to the SCOTUS.

[lagomorph777]

5. Good - but will only happen if we hold the Senate.

Need to kill the Filibuster and pass voting rights to do that. Need to keep SCROTUS from killing voting rights even worse...

Damn, this is such a tenuous chain of events; I am nervous every minute.

[Demovictory9]

3. K&r

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4. New member headed to the Federal Circuit.

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[crickets]

6. Wonderful! K&R for visibility.

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7. Joe Biden Has Appointed More Black Women To U.S. Appeals Courts Than Nearly Any President

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8. Read the #SheWillRise official statement on Tiffany Cunningham's confirmation

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[BumRushDaShow]

9. K&R

Congrats to her!!



The appellate level is critical because that is where most cases are essentially "settled", with only a tiny few going beyond that level and actually accepted by the SCOTUS (for obvious reasons).