Biden Builds Judicial Legacy With Diversified Federal Courts

President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are transforming the federal courts at a blistering pace and creating an unrivaled legacy of diversity that will redefine the federal bench for a generation.

Of the 97 judges confirmed by the Senate in the last two years, three quarters of them are women, and nearly half of the appointees — including Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson — are women of color.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, from left, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, and U.S. President Joe Biden depart after a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, April 8, 2022. Jackson was confirmed yesterday to the U.S. Supreme Court, making history as the first Black woman to ever join its ranks while leaving the ideological balance on the nation’s highest court unchanged.

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And while most presidents pick from a pool of existing judges, government attorneys and lawyers in private practice, Biden has cast a wider net. About one-third of ...