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Biden had the most Article III judicial nominees confirmed during a president's first year in office since Ronald Reagan in 1981. [5] Biden appointed the most federal judges during the first two years of any presidency since John F. Kennedy. [6] Biden reached the milestone of 200 federal judicial confirmations on May 22, 2024.
Following his election victory in 2020, U.S. president Joe Biden had 4,000 political appointments to make to the federal government. Of those 4,000 political appointments, more than 1250 require Senate confirmation. Upon taking office, Biden quickly placed more than 1,000 high-level officials into roles that did not require confirmation. [1]
During the 2020 Democratic primary campaign, Biden pledged to appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court, [1] [2] [3] although unlike his opponent, Donald Trump, Biden did not release a specific list of potential nominees during the 2020 general election campaign.
That is a record number of women judges appointed by one president, according to the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, an advocacy group that backed many of Biden's nominees.
Biden appoints nearly 200 judges, highlighting stakes for the courts in the 2024 election. Sahil Kapur. Updated May 22, 2024 at 8:40 AM. ... More than 60% of Biden’s judges are women, and more ...
List of federal judges appointed by Joe Biden; Joe Biden Supreme Court candidates; Cabinet of Joe Biden, for the vetting process undergone by top-level roles including advice and consent by the Senate; List of executive branch 'czars' e.g. Special Advisor to the President
All told, Biden has appointed 23% of the 874 federal judges as he edges the judiciary back in a more leftward direction. "That's a significant change considering the kinds of nominees that have ...
As of December 11, 2024, the senate has confirmed four Biden judges that would ultimately replace current judges that have announced their future retirement or going senior date. Two of those retiring judges were appointed by Democratic presidents. Those changes are reflected in the summary above.