The Democratic-led U.S. Senate voted to confirm two of Biden's nominees to serve as life-tenured federal trial court judges in California, capping off a four-year effort by the White House to reshape a federal judiciary that shifted ideologically to the right during the first presidential term of Trump, a Republican.
“It is historic,“ Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor. “It sets a record.”
Trump is expected to have the chance to appoint more than 100 judges over four years when his second term begins Jan. 20.
“When I ran for president, I promised to build a bench that looks like America and reflects the promise of our nation,“ Biden said in a statement. “And I’m proud I kept my commitment to bolstering confidence in judicial decision-making and outcomes.”
The latest confirmed nominees included Serena Murillo, a state court judge in Los Angeles who became the 150th woman confirmed to a judgeship under Biden, with the Senate voting 49-47 in favor of her serving in the Central District of California.
The Senate also voted 49-47 in favor of elevating San Diego-based U.S. Magistrate Judge Benjamin Cheeks to a lifetime position as a district court judge in the Southern District of California.
She is now part of the three-member liberal minority on the Supreme Court, which swung to a 6-3 conservative majority after Trump's appointments of Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
Biden also named fewer judges to the 13 appeals courts that sit below the Supreme Court, which have the final say on the bulk of cases. Biden named 45 while Trump appointed 54, 19 of whom filled seats once held by Democratic-appointed judges.
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