OPINION_ Remaking the courts may be Trump’s biggest, best success

NEW YORK POST

OPINION

Remaking the courts may be Trump’s biggest, best success

By John Hinderaker
November 5, 2019 | 7:36pm



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President Trump is expected to comment publicly Wednesday on the milestones his administration has reached with respect to judicial confirmations. His record is indeed remarkable: Working in close tandem with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Trump has successfully gotten confirmed, since his inauguration, 159 federal judges — including 114 district court judges, 43 court of appeals judges, and, of course, two justices of the Supreme Court. And with more than a year to go in his term, he has nominated an another 55 judges who await confirmation.

Trump’s record compares favorably with that of President Barack Obama, who confirmed 141 district court and 30 court of appeals judges during of his entire first term.

Trump’s appointments are altering the balance of power in several circuits. For example, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware) now has a majority of Republican-appointed judges. The important Second Circuit (New York) and Eleventh Circuit (Georgia, Florida and Alabama) are close to being majority Republican-appointed.

Trump has even made inroads in the notoriously liberal Ninth Circuit, which now has 12 Republican-appointed and 16 Democratic-appointed judges. This is important because, given the limited number of cases the Supreme Court can hear, the courts of appeal are, as a practical matter, the court of last resort in the vast majority of cases.

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