Trump’s impact on courts likely to last long beyond his term
On this, even President Donald Trump’s most fevered critics agree: He has left a deep imprint on the federal courts that will outlast his one term in office for decades to come.
He used the promise of conservative judicial appointments to win over Republican skeptics as a candidate. Then as president, he relied on outside conservative legal organizations and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to employ an assembly line-like precision to install more than 230 judges on the federal bench, including the three newest justices of the Supreme Court. Trump never tired of boasting about it.
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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP and Amy Coney Barrett on the Blue Room Balcony on Oct. 26 after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the Constitutional Oath to her on the South Lawn of the White House White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)
WASHINGTON (AP) On this, even President Donald Trump’s most fevered critics agree: He has left a deep imprint on the federal courts that will outlast his one term in office for decades to come.
He used the promise of conservative judicial appointments to win over Republican skeptics as a candidate. Then as president, he relied on outside conservative legal organizations and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to employ an assembly line-like precision to install more than 230 judges on the federal bench, including the three newest justices of the Supreme Court. Trump never tired of boasting about it.
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WASHINGTON On this, even President Donald Trump’s most fevered critics agree: He has left a deep imprint on the federal courts that will outlast his one term in office for decades to come.
He used the promise of conservative judicial appointments to win over Republican skeptics as a candidate. Then as president, he relied on outside conservative legal organizations and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to employ an assembly line-like precision to install more than 230 judges on the federal bench, including the three newest justices of the Supreme Court. Trump never tired of boasting about it.
Indeed, undeterred by Democratic criticism, the Senate was still confirming judges more than a month after Trump lost his reelection bid to Joe Biden.
President Trump s court appointments will leave decades-long imprint Share Updated: 11:58 AM CST Dec 26, 2020 By Mark Sherman, Kevin Freking, and Matthew Daly, Associated Press
President Trump s court appointments will leave decades-long imprint Share Updated: 11:58 AM CST Dec 26, 2020
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Show Transcript Hi, Amy Coney, Barrett solemnly swear in an outdoor White House ceremony. Amy Coney Barrett. Sworn in as the 115 Justice to the U. S Supreme Court, she is one of our nation s most brilliant legal scholars. In a 52 to 48 vote, Republicans pushed through her confirmation Onley. Maine s Susan Collins sided with the Democrats. Voting no. Pushing back against the timing, the Republican Senate majority decided to thwart the will of the people and confirm a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election. Coney Barrett, while filling the seat left vacant by the death of Liberal Justice Ruth Bader Gin
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