That's more than any other president, except Jimmy Carter. congress.

That could damage the court’s ability to serve its function as a neutral arbiter of the law in American politics and society. And the lower court and the Supreme Court basically upheld what the state of California was doing. » READ MORE: Mitch McConnell’s democracy-crushing smirk is why just getting rid of Trump isn’t enough | Will Bunch. Your email address will not be published. . Sign up to receive all of FAIR’s articles of media criticism and news analysis, sent directly to your email. And what you will find is just how extreme the Trump judges are. Trump’s focus on judges started back on the 2016 campaign trail. There was an error processing your request. But he has quite a partner in Bill Barr as attorney general.

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Jonathan H. Adler | The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.23.2020 1:57 PM And I think people can essentially do the same themselves, to look up by judge, by issue, and then question their senators, question the president, question others: “What are you doing? Regarding Article IV territorial courts, as of February 25, 2020, the Senate has confirmed one judge nominated by Trump.

Trump’s judicial appointees do not mirror the diversity of society. I know that you’ve just written about the role federal judges can play in…well, here’s a thing:  police accountability.