Federal judges are lifetime appointments—and there are currently 23 pending nominations. This is our only opportunity to fill these vacancies with fair and just judges before Trump stacks courts around the country with even more extremists who will jeopardize our freedoms and communities.
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In Trump’s first presidential term, he confirmed a record number of federal judges and shaped a conservative judiciary with devastating consequences. And in the 2020 lame duck, Trump and Senate Republicans worked fast to confirm 14 judges after Election Day—including Judge Aileen Cannon, who has now unjustly helped shut down the classified documents case that could hold Trump accountable for his crimes.1
The stakes are too high to wait and let Trump and Senate Republicans fill these judicial vacancies. We must act now.
What we do—or don’t do—over these next few weeks is going to have an impact on the judiciary for decades to come. The courts should represent all of America, with judges who respect and uphold justice for everyone. Together, we can bring more balance and fairness to this branch of government. But that requires acting boldly and ensuring our elected officials fill all the vacancies they can.
Thanks for all you do.
–Maggie Jo Buchanan, Managing Director at Demand Justice
P.S. See our email below from last week on why these judicial confirmations are so important and why we need them to be the focus during the lame duck.
Source:
1. “Trump demands the lame-duck president not do what he did as a lame duck,” The Washington Post, November 13, 2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/13/trump-demands-lame-duck-president-not-do-what-he-did-lame-duck/
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