will be independent. They'll be fair and impartial.
President Joe Biden appointed and the Senate confirmed 235 judges
to the federal bench, one more than President-elect Donald
Trump in his first term. When I ran for
president, I made a promise. have a bench
that looks like America. The confirmations include the first
black woman to serve on the US Supreme Court and
a record number of women, black, Latino,
and LGBTQ judges to lower courts. Proud of the
legacy. The 235 judges marked the largest. Number
of confirmations in a single term since the Carter administration
. Heritage Foundation senior legal fellow Thomas Gippping says too
much emphasis on race or gender of judges can hurt
public perception of the judiciary. It injects a degree
of ideology or politics into the law that I think
is very dangerous. But Giping says the number of
confirmations shows the power of a unified Senate and White
House. Democrats demonstrated. That a determined partnership between
a president and the Senate and the Senate Judiciary Committee
can accomplish a great deal. When President-elect Trump takes
office, he'll have an opportunity to appoint and have
confirmed roughly 200 judges, assuming 40 to 50 vacancies
a year. Jiping says when combined with his first
term, that could be more than 430, far
more than any single president in American history. In
Washington, I'm Mattie Beer Temple.