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Cattledog

(5,916 posts) Sun Dec 22, 2019, 10:41 AM Dec 2019

1 in every 4 circuit court judges is now a Trump appointee.

After three years in office, President Trump has remade the federal judiciary, ensuring a conservative tilt for decades and cementing his legacy no matter the outcome of November’s election.

Trump nominees make up 1 in 4 U.S. circuit court judges. Two of his picks sit on the Supreme Court. And this past week, as the House voted to impeach the president, the Republican-led Senate confirmed an additional 13 district court judges.

In total, Trump has installed 187 judges to the federal bench.

Trump’s mark on the judiciary is already having far-reaching effects on legislation and liberal priorities. Just last week, the 5th Circuit struck down a core provision of the Affordable Care Act. One of the two appellate judges who ruled against the landmark law was a Trump appointee.

The Supreme Court — where two of the nine justices are conservatives selected by Trump — could eventually hear that case.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/one-in-every-four-circuit-court-judges-is-now-a-trump-appointee/2019/12/21/d6fa1e98-2336-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html

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1 in every 4 circuit court judges is now a Trump appointee. (Original Post) Cattledog Dec 2019 OP

And not one peep about 'legislating from the bench' from these criminals. CurtEastPoint Dec 2019 #1

The real story is that many of these judges are unqualified right-wing hacks. madaboutharry Dec 2019 #2

CurtEastPoint

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1. And not one peep about 'legislating from the bench' from these criminals.

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Sun Dec 22, 2019, 10:59 AM

Dec 2019

madaboutharry

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2. The real story is that many of these judges are unqualified right-wing hacks.

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Sun Dec 22, 2019, 11:00 AM

Dec 2019

They are people who don't believe Brown v. Board of Education was properly decided, they believe Roe v. Wade should be overturned, they believe there is no inherent right to vote, and they believe that the Executive brach of government should hold greater power than the Legislative branch of government. They are people with little or no judicial experience and who have been determined "not qualified" by the American Bar Association. It is a travesty.

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