Judges and Judiciary,
Government
Jan. 4, 2022
73% of Biden judge picks are women, 65% are minorities
This is a sharp increase from his two predecessors. The nominees of President Barack Obama, a fellow Democrat, were 42% women and 36% minorities. The judicial picks of President Donald Trump, a Republican, were 24% women and 16% minorities.
President Joe Biden came into office pledging to appoint federal judges who better reflected the racial and gender diversity of the country as well as a broader variety of professional backgrounds. He has lived up to that promise.
The Democratic president's nominees in his first year have been 73% women and nearly 65% Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Native American, according to information compiled by the Alliance for Justice, a libera...
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