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Obama's judges leave liberal imprint on U.S. law
File under "Elections DO matter!"Source: Reuters, by Lawrence Hurley
When President Barack Obama entered the White House in 2009, the federal appeals court based in Virginia was known as one of the most conservative benches in the country.
Two Obama terms later, Democratic appointees hold a 10-5 majority on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a panel of which issued a groundbreaking ruling this April backing transgender rights.
The shift to the left on the court, which hears cases from Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina, highlights a widely overlooked aspect of Obama's legacy.
His appointments of dozens of judges to the country's influential federal appeals courts have tilted the judiciary in a liberal direction that will influence rulings for years to come and be further entrenched if Democrat Hillary Clinton wins this November's presidential election.
Read the rest at: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obama-idUSKCN1110BC
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His appointments of dozens of judges to the country's influential federal appeals courts have tilted the judiciary in a liberal direction that will influence rulings for years to come and be further entrenched if Democrat Hillary Clinton wins this November's presidential election.
For years to come.
Go' Bama!
Thanks for that bit of news, yallerdawg. It's music to my ears.
I am not ever going to forget that we have a Democratic president in office right NOW!
I know YOU won't, she! 
