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How much has McConnell stacked the bench? (Original Post) SHRED Feb 2019 OP
all rw judges and why voting and elections matter. Nothing can be done to stop it at this time beachbum bob Feb 2019 #1
last numbers i saw DetroitLegalBeagle Feb 2019 #2
Out of how many total? SHRED Feb 2019 #3
There are 870 total federal seats DetroitLegalBeagle Feb 2019 #4
Thank you SHRED Feb 2019 #6
Everyone focused on Garland... D_Master81 Feb 2019 #5
 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
1. all rw judges and why voting and elections matter. Nothing can be done to stop it at this time
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 12:18 PM
Feb 2019

we can thank all the non- hillary voters, especially stein voters for this

DetroitLegalBeagle

(1,928 posts)
2. last numbers i saw
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 01:45 PM
Feb 2019

were 92 Judges confirmed, another 55 waiting for confirmation.As far as how many are right wingers, probably nearly all of them.

DetroitLegalBeagle

(1,928 posts)
4. There are 870 total federal seats
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 02:17 PM
Feb 2019

The bulk of which are District court seats. The bigger concern is the Court of Appeals seats. There are 179 of them. 30 have been confirmed under Trump. Another dozen or so are waiting on confirmation. If all get approved, Trump would have appointed nearly a 1/4 of the Judges on the Court of Appeals. Even worse is SCOTUS. He has 2 so far obviously. He could get 1 or 2 more by 2021.

D_Master81

(1,823 posts)
5. Everyone focused on Garland...
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 02:33 PM
Feb 2019

and rightfully so. But what flew under the radar was how McConnell also held up close to 30 federal level judicial appointments that Obama made as well. These were wide open when Trump took office and were quickly rammed through shortly after. I dont know any of the nominees trump put forward, but seeing his Supreme Court picks, I can only imagine they're far right judicial activists.

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