It was reported by Fox News that President Biden saw a record number of his circuit and district court nominees confirmed by the Senate in his first year in office, leaving his own mark on the federal courts.
Over the course of 2021, the Senate confirmed 40 of Biden’s nominees to circuit and district courts across the nation – the most in one year since former President Reagan was in office.
Meanwhile, the White House touted the diversity of the Biden-appointed judges, saying they “represent the diversity of the American public.”
Biden has nominated 53 women for federal judicial appointments. He has nominated 20 African Americans, 15 Hispanics and 13 Asian American and Pacific Islanders.
The White House said 78% of the confirmed judges are women, while 53% are people of color.
“These judges will bring sorely needed diversity to the judiciary: not just demographic diversity, but also professional diversity, adding to the breadth and width and depth of knowledge possessed by the courts,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement.
“Because of the commitment to restoring the federal judiciary by President Biden and Senate Democrats, it is no longer a bench, that is simply prosecutors, partners in large law firms – but rather many, many others, from walks of life with different and needed perspectives on the federal bench such as public defenders, civil rights lawyers, election experts and more.”
The White House also said the judges represent “numerous historic firsts” – including the first openly LGBT woman to serve as a federal appellate judge in American history, Judge Beth Robinson for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the first African American judge to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Judge Tiffany Cunningham.
