Cashing in on justice

“Before they put on their robes, dozens of federal judges appointed during the Trump and Obama administrations made significant campaign contributions to Senate Judiciary Committee members and their home-state senators — the very people who could make or break their nominations.

And three Republican senators — Ted Cruz and John Cornyn of Texas and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina — got more money than the rest of the Judiciary Committee combined. Virtually all of those contributions came from judicial nominees they ultimately backed.”

Follow the money

Calls grow for stronger ethics rules for Supreme Court justices, families

“Those efforts were punctured by a series of decisions, including the Senate GOP’s refusal to consider President Obama’s nominee to replace Scalia after the conservative justice died in early 2016 and its rush to quickly confirm a Trump nominee to replace Ginsburg after the liberal stalwart died weeks before the 2020 presidential election.

The three Trump-appointed justices last summer voted to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision, making abortion illegal in a number of states.

There is growing public concern that the high court is deciding cases on politics, rather than law, a trend that has led the court’s approval to near historic lows.”

Biden had a productive year picking federal judges. The job could get tougher in 2022

“Former President Donald Trump’s 226 judges were overwhelmingly white and male. A new analysis concluded that nearly 75% of Biden’s picks have been women, and nearly 65% have been people of color, according to Alliance for Justice, a liberal coalition that works on court and judicial issues.”

John Roberts Has Lost Control

“The real takeaway from the court’s rulings on the Texas abortion cases is that the chief justice has lost his influence.”

Biden’s Judges are different than Trump’s Judges

Hypocrisy?

131 federal judges failed to recuse themselves from cases in which they had financial interest: report

This is sad (and not a Trump-appointed Judge)

Supreme Court Justice Alito’s Federalist Society speech shows how political the court will get

Judges nominated by President Trump play key role in upholding voting limits ahead of Election Day

Trump Judicial Nominee Rated ‘Not Qualified’ by the American Bar Association

Trump Nears Post-Nixon First: No Black Circuit Judges (Corrected)

Trump Judicial Nominees Are 85 Percent White and 76 Percent Men, Report Shows

Stacking the Courts: The Fight Against Trump’s Extremist Judicial Nominees

THE SENATE JUST CONFIRMED ONE OF TRUMP’S MOST ANTI-LGBTQ JUDGES YET

Gay rights groups blast newly confirmed Trump judge as anti-LGBTQ ‘extremist’

A Conservative Agenda Unleashed on the Federal Courts

Trump is making the judicial branch white and male again

1 in every 4 circuit court judges is now a Trump appointee

How McConnell and the Senate Helped Trump Set Records in Appointing Judges

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These Charts Show How White, Male, and Conservative Trump’s Judicial Nominees Have Been

The incredible influence of the Federalist Society, explained

Trump’s 87 picks to be federal judges are 92% white with just one black and one Hispanic nominee

Trump’s Judges: White, Male, and Unprepared to Be Questioned

What Trump has done to the courts, explained

While You’re Watching Impeachment, Mitch McConnell is Packing the Courts With Wingnuts

Trump nominee who is anti-IVF and surrogacy was deemed unqualified. She was just confirmed.

TRUMP POISED TO FLIP COURTS OF APPEALS TO REPUBLICAN FOLLOWING STEVEN MENASHI’S CONFIRMATION

Senate confirms Menashi to U.S. Court of Appeals in New York

Promoting Diversity Among Federal Bankruptcy Judges

Remember, March 31, 2017 – White House Ends Bar Association’s Role in Vetting Judges

Mitch McConnell Is About to Steamroll Democrats with Another 30 Conservative Judges By the End of the Year

Federal judge assails Trump’s attacks on judiciary: He’s feeding a ‘destructive narrative’

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley says he won’t support Washington County Judge Danielle Hunsaker for federal appeals court seat

Two Disputed Judicial Nominees Could Help Trump Reach Milestone

Bar association panel finds Trump’s Kentucky judicial nominee Justin Walker unqualified

Senate confirms Louisville’s Justin Walker as federal judge despite unqualified rating

Elections have a Lifetime Impact!

Remember this!

Judge not: GOP blocks dozens of Obama court picks

What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now

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Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: The Continuing Harm Caused by Confirmed Trump Federal Judges

Trump nominates 13 male judges after Kavanaugh confirmation

Donald Trump judicial appointment controversies

Trump Picks More ‘Not Qualified’ Judges

Trump’s People Tried to Rush This Judge Through the Senate. I Can See Why.

Trump court pick denounced feminists, gay-rights groups and diversity efforts in 1990s, 2000s editorials

TRUMP IS NOMINATING UNQUALIFIED JUDGES AT AN UNPRECEDENTED RATE

Trump Judge Pick Spread Anti-Muslim Pig Blood Bullet Myth