Senate Confirms 90th Biden Judge--and Nearly Half Are Women of Color
The Democrat-controlled Senate has confirmed 90 federal judicial nominees to the bench as of this week. This is incredible news for people who care about the courts and having actually qualified jurists making highly consequential legal decisions.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) summed up why federal judgeships are so important during a floor speech on Monday. “These appointments are critical: Even though a conservative majority presides on the Supreme Court, the bulk of all federal cases are still resolved by circuit court judges,” Schumer said.
Nearly 50 percent of those people confirmed are women of color. “That’s never happened before,” Schumer said on the Senate floor on Tuesday. “I’m confident a more diverse bench will go a long way in cultivating trust in our courts and in our democracy.”
The Senate is on track to finish the calendar year with more judges confirmed to the federal bench than were confirmed in the first two years of the Obama and Trump administrations, according to Schumer.
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