Senate Democrats celebrated Tuesday the confirmation of President Biden’s 100th judge, touting the speed in placing progressive, diverse judges on the federal bench.
“Senate Democrats have focused intensely on expanding the diversity of our courts, and not just in terms of demographics but in terms of experience, professional experience too,” said Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat. “We are working hard not only to add more women, more people of color, more lawyers from unique backgrounds to the bench, but people of different walks of life.”• DeAndrea Benjamin will be the first woman of color to be a judge for the U.S.
• Gina Méndez-Miró will be the first openly LGBTQ judge on the U.S. District Court of Puerto Rico bench. By contrast, former President Donald Trump confirmed 85 judicial nominees at this point in his tenure, and former President Barack Obama appointed 67. Mr. Biden’s nominees have been mostly young, diverse and representative of different backgrounds of experience than most judicial appointees of prior presidents, court watchers have observed.
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