Biden, Schumer do lap of honor after confirming 100th court nominee and vow to continue court overhaul

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took a lap of honor on Twitter after Democrats confirmed President Joe Biden’s 100th justice nominee, reaching the milestone faster than Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump.

In a series of online statements, Schumer, D-NY boasted that Democrats had tried their 100th candidate and that the endorsements added “more women.” [and] more colored people.”

“BIG NEWS: This Senate Democratic majority just confirmed the 100th federal judge nominated by President Biden,” Schumer tweeted.

The senior Democrat’s praise comes after the Democrat-controlled Senate confirmed Gina Méndez-Miró as the U.S. District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, Cindy Chung as the U.S. District Judge for the Third Circuit and DeAndrea Benjamin as the U.S. District Judge for the Fourth Circuit.

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Sen. Chuck Schumer took to Twitter on Tuesday to celebrate the 100th justice nominee confirmed under President Joe Biden. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for the human rights campaign)

Schumer highlighted how many of the confirmations the courts further diversified.

“Senate Democrats have focused intensely on expanding the diversity of our courts, not just in terms of demographics, but also in terms of experience and work experience,” he added in a press release. “We’re working hard to bring not only more women, more people of color, more lawyers with unique backgrounds to the bank, but people from different walks of life.”

According to Senate Democrats, Biden’s total federal court confirmations include one US Supreme Court judge, 30 district judges and 69 district judges.

Of these endorsements, 76 are women and 68 are black, including 33 black and 21 Hispanic.

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“More black women have been confirmed as circuit court judges under President Biden and Senate Democrats than under all previous presidents combined,” Senate Democrats said. “The first three justices confirmed by the 118th Congress are all historic, well-qualified, diverse women who exemplify this Congress’ commitment to transforming the federal judiciary to look more like America.”

Chief Justice John Roberts and current Associate Justices Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson listen to US President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address February 7, 2023 at the US Capitol in Washington, DC . (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

US President Joe Biden hugs Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson before delivering the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress February 7, 2023 in the chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images)

They added: “Senate Democrats are keen to add breadth of experience to the Bundesbank that goes beyond the typical trial attorney, and we are working towards that goal. This Senate has confirmed more circuit court attorneys than any other in history and has placed an emphasis on confirming more civil liberties, legal aid, and electoral and voting rights attorneys to diversify the Federal Bank experience.

Schumer also said his party is not slowing down and has vowed to continue filling court vacancies.

“This Senate has confirmed more judges to this point in a presidential term than under either of the previous two administrations, and we will continue,” he added.

According to Schumer, at this point in his presidency, President Trump only had a total of 85 confirmed judges. Obama continued to lag behind with a total of 67 confirmations.

All three presidents had confirmed at least one Supreme Court Justice during that span, when Biden Ketanji Brown Jackson, Trump Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh (Amy Coney Barrett was later confirmed, in October 2020), and Obama nominated Kagan Sonia Sotomayor and Elena.

President Biden also addressed the milestone, saying, “As a past chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, strengthening the federal judiciary with exceptionally qualified judges dedicated to our Constitution and the rule of law has been one of my proudest accomplishments in office.”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY on February 1, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“I am particularly proud that the nominees I have proposed – and the Senate has endorsed this – represent the diversity that is one of our greatest assets as a nation and that our work together has broken down so many barriers in just two years .” he added.

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He also highlighted the diversity of appointments, as Justice Chung “will be the first AAPI judge to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit,” and Justice Mendez-Miro “will be the first openly LGBT judge.” operating in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Biden said, “We’ve made important strides in ensuring that the federal judiciary not only looks more like the nation as a whole, but also includes judges from professional backgrounds who have historically been underrepresented on the bench. To that end, I have appointed more federal district judges with experience as public defenders than all previous Presidents combined.”

US President Joe Biden gestures as he delivers a speech at the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference at the Washington Hilton Hotel February 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

US President Joe Biden during the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. (Ken Cedeno/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“I was proud to have Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson nominated as the first black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, and I am also proud to have confirmed 12 black women to serve on federal circuit courts — more than all other presidents combined.” , the President said.

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“Well before the inauguration, I directed my team to make judicial confirmations a top priority of this administration, and they acted quickly to begin consultations with senators from both parties about how we can be as productive as possible,” he added . “And we’ve certainly been productive.”

In his remarks, Biden thanked Sens. Schumer, Dick Durbin and other senators from both sides of the aisle who voted to confirm these justice nominees.