How much Donald Trump’s appointments will reshape American jurisprudence remains to be seen
ON ALMOST ANY measure, Donald Trump ranks himself among the most successful presidents in history. In one area—making appointments to America’s federal court system—he may actually be right. In a little over three years, Mr Trump has nominated and won Senate confirmation for 192 federal judges, including 137 district-court judges, 51 appellate judges and two Supreme Court justices. No president since at least Ronald Reagan has racked up judicial appointments so quickly .
Mitch McConnell deserves much of the credit. The Senate majority leader has made confirming the president’s judicial nominees his “top priority” . He has not let Senate norms and institutions get in his way. To speed up the process, Republicans have scheduled confirmation hearings during Senate recesses, and packed several hearings into a single day, over objections from their Democratic colleagues.
How much Mr Trump’s appointments will reshape American jurisprudence remains to be seen. On the one hand, his nominees have been more conservative than those of previous Republican presidents. Many are members of the Federalist Society, a network of right-wing lawyers. Nearly all hold conservative views on hot-button social issues such as abortion. They are young, too, so they can expect to serve longer terms.
On the other hand, tipping the ideological balance of the courts takes time. And not all of Mr Trump's picks have made a difference. Many have filled slots previously occupied by Republican-appointed judges, or Democrat-appointed judges on courts tilted heavily to the right or left. This is unlikely to change in the coming months as liberal judges, reluctant to add another judicial feather to Mr Trump’s cap, delay stepping down. This will not stop the president from boasting about his tally.
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