Biden qui­et­ly remak­ing courts to counter right­ward lurch under Trump

Pres­i­dent Joe Biden may be trail­ing for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump in the opin­ion polls, but the Demo­c­ra­t­ic incum­bent now has pulled ahead in one met­ric that will long out­live both their pres­i­den­cies.
Much ink was spilled dur­ing the Trump admin­is­tra­tion over his record-break­ing pace of judi­cial appoint­ments with the help of then-Sen­ate Major­i­ty Leader Mitch McConnell (R‑KY), but Biden has an edge on the judi­cial lega­cy.
Like Trump, Biden is hop­ing that his nom­i­nees will make rul­ings favor­able to his par­ty dur­ing their terms, and he has also made a point of appoint­ing female and minor­i­ty can­di­dates into pow­er­ful posi­tions.
The pair were tied at 193 appoint­ments each at this point in their tenures for much of April, but Biden retook the lead ear­li­er this we …