Biden, Dems race to beat Trump’s record on con­firmed judges as elec­tion looms

Pres­i­dent Biden and Democ­rats are look­ing to beat for­mer Pres­i­dent Trump’s judi­cial record and con­firm more than the 234 fed­er­al judges that his pre­de­ces­sor man­aged to appoint, even with severe­ly lim­it­ed time to do so by the end of his term. “Since Democ­rats took back the White House and the Sen­ate major­i­ty in Jan­u­ary 2021, we have been com­mit­ted to advanc­ing high­ly qual­i­fied nom­i­na­tions to life­time appoint­ments across the fed­er­al judi­cia­ry who are reflec­tive of the lived expe­ri­ences of Amer­i­ca. The sev­en nom­i­nees we vot­ed on today are no dif­fer­ent. The Com­mit­tee will con­tin­ue to restore bal­ance to the fed­er­al courts,” said Sen­ate Judi­cia­ry Chair­man Dick Durbin, D‑Ill., in a state­ment last week after sev­en nom­i­nees were advanced out of committee.So far, Democ­rats have suc­ceed­ed in con­firm­ing 205 of Biden’s j …