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Posted on 12/22/2019 11:37:05 AM PST by jazusamo
President Trump is closing the year by increasing his already transformative impact on the federal judiciary, with 13 of his district court nominees receiving confirmation this month.
That brings Trump’s total to 102 federal judges confirmed in 2019. Over the course of his administration, that total jumps to 187, including 50 to circuit courts of appeal and two Supreme Court justices.
"In terms of quality and quantity, we are going to be just about No. 1 by the time we finish -- No. 1 of any president, any administration," Trump said in early November, noting that George Washington may have technically appointed more judges. At the time, he was celebrating his 150th federal judge.
The 9th Circuit in particular, which Trump has railed against as a “big thorn in our side” in the past due to its liberal bent, has seen a dramatic change in its makeup over the past three years, with 10 of its 29 active seats now being held by Trump appointees, and nearly half being held by appointees of Republican administrations.
Much of this is thanks to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who has helped push nominees through the Senate, even while combatting House Democrats as they impeach the president.
“My motto for the remainder of this Congress is ‘leave no vacancy behind,’” McConnell told Hugh Hewitt in a Wednesday radio interview.
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Schumer blasted Trump's picks, telling The Associated Press that they are “are just so bad for the average American in so many ways,” due to their “hard right” stance. McConnell, however, said that judges who follow a strict interpretation of the law instead of taking an activist approach are good for everyone.
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Chuckie is sniveling about rules changes and his buddy Dingy Harry Reid is the one who started it.
I would not be surprised if the unhinged left try to unseat all the judges that Trump appointed, claiming that, in their false estimation, that a president ‘so corrupt that he had to be impeached’, had no right appointing judges-
I don’t know if they can attempt that, but it would not surprise me if they tried-
Nothing the Rats try surprises me but they’d have to have a two thirds majority in the Senate to find an impeached judge guilty, that’s a steep hill for them to climb.
This is really a huge thing! good on our guys!
I didn’t mean the judges would be impeached- I meant i wouldn’t be surprised if the dems tried making the case that their appointments were null and void- because Trump got impeached for ‘being so corrupt’ in their minds-
I doubt they will try this- but it wouldn’t surprise me if they did- I’m sure some unhinged liberal pundit somewhere will try to make such a case-
Yep, it wouldn’t surprise me if they tried to finagle something like that through, they have no shame.
They are already threatening to pack the courts if they win the presidency and the SC is majority conservative- They are dirty dirty fighters
Excellent news!
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Yes, I’m not really a fan of any PR about the judge numbers - why make it a bigger target for the leftist crazies.
It doesn't work that way. Trump is still in office in any case and that isn't likely to change. Regardless, even if he were removed there is no mechanism for disqualifying sitting judges other than impeachment. They can't be annulled.
And we have 5 more years!! Maybe we’ll get back on the moral track.
A wonderful thought, am praying we do my FRiend.
Just imagine hoq great third term is going to be
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