NEWS: Trump notches his 200th lifetime federal judge and fills the very last appeals court vacancy nationwide.
He's filled the nation’s appeals courts (mini Supreme Courts, if you will) with dozens of white men — and zero Black judges. huffpost.com/entry/trump-co…
He's filled the nation’s appeals courts (mini Supreme Courts, if you will) with dozens of white men — and zero Black judges. huffpost.com/entry/trump-co…
On the one hand, 200 judges is a lot of judges for a president to have confirmed by now.
By this point in their presidencies, Obama was at 152, GWB was at 190 and Clinton was at 186.
Carter takes the cake though, with 239 by this point.
By this point in their presidencies, Obama was at 152, GWB was at 190 and Clinton was at 186.
Carter takes the cake though, with 239 by this point.
On the other hand, if you look at the % of court seats Trump has filled out of all judgeships, he's falls somewhere in the middle.
That's because the number of total judgeships has changed over the years.
That's because the number of total judgeships has changed over the years.
“You know, 200 may be a snazzy number, but if you’re trying to weigh Trump’s impact on jurisprudential change ... on the district courts, he’s not ahead of them by any matter of means." -- Russell Wheeler of the Brookings Institution
What's more notable about Trump's judges is 2 things: how ideological they are + how many at the highest levels are white men.
Of his 53 appeals court judges, 0 are Black. 11 are female. 7 are Asian Pacific American. 1 is Latino.
36 are white men. huffpost.com/entry/trump-co…
Of his 53 appeals court judges, 0 are Black. 11 are female. 7 are Asian Pacific American. 1 is Latino.
36 are white men. huffpost.com/entry/trump-co…
Trump's 200th judge, Cory Wilson, is the perfect embodiment of a Trump appeals court pick.
He’s a 49yo white man who called the ACA “illegitimate,” said he backs axing Roe v. Wade + called same-sex marriage ”an attempt to cast Republicans as intolerant, uncaring & even bigoted.”
He’s a 49yo white man who called the ACA “illegitimate,” said he backs axing Roe v. Wade + called same-sex marriage ”an attempt to cast Republicans as intolerant, uncaring & even bigoted.”
Wilson is also an incredibly tone-deaf confirmation in the midst of a natl reckoning on racial justice.
He previously dismissed NAACP concerns about a voter ID law as “poppycock" + ripped the Justice Dept for sending election observers to MS, saying voter suppression is "phony."
He previously dismissed NAACP concerns about a voter ID law as “poppycock" + ripped the Justice Dept for sending election observers to MS, saying voter suppression is "phony."
Civil rights groups like NAACP strongly opposed Wilson, who will now oversee Mississippi, Louisiana + Texas on the 5th Circuit -- which presides over the highest % of people of color in the country.
Every GOPer but one, Susan Collins, voted for him today. huffpost.com/entry/trump-co…
Every GOPer but one, Susan Collins, voted for him today. huffpost.com/entry/trump-co…
It's not just that Trump/McConnell have filled dozens of appeals court seats with white men.
They are overwhelmingly young, conservative, white men with records of being hostile toward voting rights, women’s reproductive rights and LGBTQ rights.
Lifetime seats.
They are overwhelmingly young, conservative, white men with records of being hostile toward voting rights, women’s reproductive rights and LGBTQ rights.
Lifetime seats.
One compared abortion to slavery. One led efforts to make it harder for minorities to vote. Some of these people were rated "not qualified" to be judges at all, but whatever! huffpost.com/entry/trump-co…
