The Senate Democrats race against time to secure Joe Bidens judicial nominees‚ with over two-dozen confirmations hanging in the balance. The clock is ticking as President-elect Donald Trump tells GOP members to stop these appointments; this puts extra pressure on the democratic majority
The stakes are high since any non-confirmed positions could shift to conservative picks after the transition (a scenario that would expand Trumps influence on the nations courts). During his first white-house term about 4 years ago Trump already changed the legal landscape by putting more than 200 right-leaning judges in place: including three supreme-court justices
The federal courts current right-wing direction comes from Trumps earlier picks – judges who made many pro-conservative decisions in the last few years. Their choices shaped everything from voting rights to environmental rules; now theres a chance to continue this path with new appointments