Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'
Throughout Donald Trump’s presidency, Senate Republicans prioritized judicial nominees above almost every other consideration. The campaign within the chamber was as relentless as it was effective: The former president managed to appoint advance 234 judges onto the federal courts. That’s not as many as Trump’s recent two-term predecessors, but it was a striking tally for a failed one-term president who never won the popular vote.
Two hundred judges who are committed to applying the law fairly, impartially, equally. “Senate Democrats are very proud of our record. We are proud of our judges. And we will keep going,” the New York Democrat added. Biden did some celebrating of his own. After touting his judicial nominees’ qualifications and diverse backgrounds, the incumbent president said in a written statement, “Judges matter. These men and women have the power to uphold basic rights or to roll them back.
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