Republican Presidents including Trump will have appointed a majority of federal judges before the end of 2020:
http://dailytorch.com/2020/02/republican-presidents-including-trump-will-have-appointed-a-majority-of-federal-judges-before-the-end-of-2020/
One of the effects of the Senate impeachment’s abrupt conclusion in President Donald Trump’s favor is that the Republican Senate can get right on with the business of confirming constitutionalists to federal court, of which Trump recently touted 191 having been confirmed. Since 1952, presidents have averaged 163 judges confirmed per term of office, which puts Trump well ahead of the game compared to other presidents. There are only 81 vacancies now, and 25 nominations pending, giving the President and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) a clear window to get even more judges confirmed this year. Now, almost 50.8 percent of current federal judges have been appointed by Democratic presidents — 404 to 390 — according to the latest data from the Federal Judicial Center. Just consider that, to get to parity between the political parties on federal courts has taken three years of a Republican president, just to get it even. And even then, Republicans still don’t have a majority of judges, but they will soon. If the remaining 81 vacancies are filled, that number will fall to 46 percent, giving Republicans 54 percent of federal judges. Maybe that’s why Democrats wanted to slow down the Senate in 2020 with an endless impeachment trial. What do you think?
