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Nicole Berner, Longtime Union Lawyer, Confirmed As Federal Judge

Berner, who will serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, is also one of President Joe Biden's historic LGBTQ+ judicial picks.
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Joe Biden Can Confirm Even More Judges If Democrats Win Georgia’s Senate Race

Republicans will no longer be able to routinely delay votes on the president’s court picks if Democrats hold a 51-49 majority.
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For Pride Month, Biden Should Probably Fill The Courts With Lesbian Judges

There's already been a 43% increase in the number of openly lesbian federal judges on his watch. Keep going, sir!
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Ted Cruz: Master Gaslighter

Ted Cruz delivered a whopper with the claim that Republicans never rigged the courts when they controlled the White House and the Senate. (Correction: An earlier version said that Ted Cruz lied about court packing, but the dishonesty lies in the claim that Republicans never "rigged the game." Republicans blocked Obama nominees from Senate confirmation in his final years in office, and displayed a blatant double standard in blocking Merrick Garland's Supreme Court nomination in 2016 but quickly confirming Amy Coney Barrett in 2020.)
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Historic SCOTUS Pick

President Joe Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, she would become the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court.
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Joe Biden Has Appointed More Black Women To U.S. Appeals Courts Than Nearly Any President

Six months into his presidency, Biden is already responsible for three of the 11 Black women ever confirmed as federal appeals court judges.
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First Black Woman Judge Appointed To Missouri Supreme Court

Judge Robin Ransom made history in being selected to serve on the state’s highest court.
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Ted Cruz: Master Gaslighter

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) delivered a whopper with the claim that Republicans never rigged the courts when they controlled the White House and the Senate. (Correction: An earlier version said that Ted Cruz lied about court packing, but the dishonesty lies in the claim that Republicans never "rigged the game." Republicans blocked Obama nominees from Senate confirmation in his final years in office, and displayed a blatant double standard in blocking Merrick Garland's Supreme Court nomination in 2016 but quickly confirming Amy Coney Barrett in 2020.)
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Judges Retire, Benefitting Biden

With President Joe Biden now in power, at least seven federal judges are retiring, allowing him to name their replacements.
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Trump Aims To Dismantle Affordable Care Act

Here's how millions of Americans could lose their healthcare.
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