Senate Republicans have filled the nation's highest courts with dozens of white men — and zero Black judges.
’s 200th lifetime federal judge, a number higher than any president has confirmed in a first term in decades.
The president hit the milestone as Republicans voted to put Cory Wilson onto the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. Trump has gotten more judges confirmed by this point in his presidency than President Barack Obama , President George W. Bush and President Bill Clinton . He falls short of President Jimmy Carter, though, who had confirmed 239 judges by this point.of court seats Trump has filled compared to the total number of judgeships that exist, he’s about in the middle of past presidents. That’s because the number of total judgeships has changed over the years.
Here’s a Brookings Institution chart that shows how Trump stacks up with past presidents in terms of the percentage of court seats they had filled by this point. Trump ranks fourth.The White House has worked closely with the Federalist Society, a conservative legal group, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to funnel members of the organization into appeals court seats.
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