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President Biden's first appellate judge cleared by the Senate, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, was confirmed Monday to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Biden has promised to name a Black woman to the Supreme Court. Many court observers believe Jackson will be a top contender.
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Biden has nominated 18 federal judges, and the administration is juggling 83 current court vacancies and 30 that are coming down the pike. The White House has touted diversity every time it has announced a new slate of candidates, and Biden is on track to grow the number of Black female appellate judges to eight from four.
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President Donald Trump had an enormous influence on federal courts, nominating more than 200 judges in four years. About 16% of his nominees were Black, Hispanic, Asian or otherwise not white, according to the Pew Research Center. That compares with 18% for President George W. Bush and 36% for Obama.