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With Democrats hoping to confirm dozens more federal judges following President Joe Biden’s milestone of appointing 100 new members of the judiciary, progressives on Friday said the party has no choice but to eliminate a tradition they say has been exploited by Republicans to block the president’s nominees. Advocacy group …

President Joe Biden has announced six new judicial nominees, who will be among the first nominees sent to the Senate this year once the new Congressional session begins. The Biden administration looks to continue to reshape the federal courts during the final two years of this presidential term as Democrats …

by Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance May 25, 2022 Judge Stephanie Dawkins Davis of Michigan was confirmed on Tuesday to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit with a bipartisan U.S. Senate vote. She is the first African American woman from Michigan, and the second African …

President Joe Biden announced five new federal judicial nominees Wednesday, three for district court positions and two of them former Obama appointees now being vaulted to the appellate circuits. Judge John Z. Lee has been judge in the Northern District of Illinois since 2012. Biden is nominating him to be …

President Joe Biden has announced his thirteenth round of nominees for federal judicial positions and his first slate of nominations in 2022, bringing the number of announced federal judicial nominees to 83. The choices continue to fulfill the President’s promise to ensure that the nation’s courts reflect the diversity that …

With 40 federal judges confirmed in the first year of his presidency – the most since Ronald Reagan was in his first year – President Joe Biden has announced two more nominations for the federal judiciary to close out the year. The President’s nominee for the United States Court of Appeals …

President Joe Biden has announced his seventh round of judicial nominees for the federal bench. As has been the case with previous rounds of judicial nominees, the new round continues to fulfill the President’s promise to nominate individuals that ensure that reflect the diversity in the country — both in terms …

On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced four judicial nominees, including two historic nominations of LGBTQ judges, marking his sixth round of judicial nominees since taking office. Biden has nominated Justice Beth Robinson, has who has been an associate judge on the Vermont supreme court since 2011, for a seat on the US …

As he continues to move at a historic pace with respect to his judicial nominations, President Biden is announcing five new candidates for the federal bench and two new candidates for District of Columbia courts. These choices also continue to fulfill the President’s promise to ensure that the nation’s courts …