President JoeBiden outpaces realDonaldTrump and BarackObama with 97 federal judicial nominees by end of second year
Biden's pace for confirming judges beats out former President Donald Trump's total of 85 and former President Barack Obama's 62 appointments by Dec. 29 of their respective second years in office. Biden's record is just shy of former President George W. Bush's 100 appointments and falls behind former President Bill Clinton's 128 appointments by roughly the same time frame.
Only five of Biden's appellate and district court judges are white men, comprising just 5% of the confirmations so far. By comparison, 147 or 64% of Trump's nominees were white men. The president's progress is far from over after the new Congress begins next month. While the Republicans narrowly took over the House after the November election, Democrats will enjoy a sturdy 51-49 majority that will help him create inroads against Trump's gains on the appellate court level.
When Trump left office, he re-shifted the balance of power on the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 11th, 2nd, and 3rd Circuits to a Republican-appointed majority. Under Biden's lead, the 2nd Circuit has moved back to a slight lead for Democratic appointees.
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