- The Senate confirmed Joe Biden’s 200th judicial nominee, putting Biden slightly ahead of his predecessor’s record at this point in their respective presidencies but still behind the Republican’s pace on appointments to the Supreme Court and appeals courts.
- Of the president’s total appointees, 64% are women and 62% are people of color, the White House said in a statement.
- Biden’s appointments include 155 judges to district courts, 42 to circuit courts, and one Supreme Court justice.
- Former President Donald Trump had appointed 196 judges by this point in his presidency, including 141 district judges. But he also had 51 appellate judges and two of his three Supreme Court justices in the books.
- Biden has seven current and future circuit court vacancies he can fill.
- Of the six future circuit vacancies, half have pending nominees.
Law360 has New Bill Calls For High Court To Explain Emergency Rulings -- A coalition of Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday that would require the U.S. Supreme Court to provide vote tallies and explanations for decisions in most cases on its elusive emergency docket.
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