Senate confirms 200th Biden judge as Democrats tout "major milestone"
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Source: CBS News
Updated on: May 22, 2024 / 12:46 PM EDT
Washington — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Biden's 200th judicial nominee, surpassing the number of appointments to the federal judiciary made by his two most recent predecessors at this point in their presidencies. The Senate marked the milestone after its approval of Krissa Lanham on Tuesday and with the vote to confirm Angela Martinez on Wednesday, both to seats on the federal district court in Arizona. With their confirmations, Mr. Biden has placed 42 judges on the U.S. courts of appeals, 155 judges on the U.S. district courts and two on the Court of International Trade.
He also named Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court in 2022, a history-making nomination as she became the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court. There are more than 40 current open seats on the federal judiciary, and another 28 future vacancies, according to the U.S. Courts. Mr. Biden has two dozen nominees pending. The country has more than 860 authorized judgeships.
"Judges matter," the president said in a statement marking the 200th confirmation. "These men and women have the power to uphold basic rights or to roll them back. They hear cases that decide whether women have the freedom to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions; whether Americans have the freedom to cast their ballots; whether workers have the freedom to unionize and make a living wage for their families; and whether children have the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water."
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called the confirmations a "major milestone," saying on the Senate floor before the vote to confirm Martinez that the 200 judges "comprise the most diverse slate of judicial nominations under any president in American history."
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Imagine if they hadn't have had to waste the Senate's time on those military confirmations that Stuporville held up.
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May 22, 2024 / 9:02 AM EDT
Washington — The Senate on Wednesday is set to confirm President Biden's 200th judicial nominee, surpassing the number of appointments to the federal judiciary made by his two most recent predecessors at this point in their presidencies.
The Senate will mark the milestone after its approval of Krissa Lanham on Tuesday and with the vote on Angela Martinez's confirmation Wednesday to seats on the federal district court in Arizona. With the confirmations of the nominees to the federal bench, Mr. Biden will have placed 42 judges on the U.S. courts of appeals, 155 judges on the U.S. district courts and two on the Court of International Trade. He also named Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court in 2022, a history-making nomination as she became the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court.
There are 43 current open seats on the federal judiciary, and another 28 future vacancies, according to the U.S. Courts. Mr. Biden has two dozen nominees pending. The country has more than 860 authorized judgeships.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called the confirmations a "major milestone," saying on the Senate floor on Monday in preparation for the votes that "it's a figure — 200 — that we can all be proud of, and shows how intensely focused we are on filling the bench with jurists who will make our democracy stronger and uphold the rule of law."
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Without whose voters, we wouldn't even have a cabinet.
