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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump has no wins??? Think again, he is packing courts for years to come....
The makeup of Americas judges is quietly becoming the site of one of Trumps most unequivocal successes: nominating and installing judges who reflect his own worldview at a speed and volume unseen in recent memory. Trump could conceivably have handpicked more than 30% of the nations federal judges before the end of his first term, his advisers have suggested, and independent observers agree.
The president himself has said that he expects this to be one of his major legacies. He is going to reshape the bench for generations to come, said Douglas Keith, counsel with the fair courts arm of the Brennan Center for Justice.
I do think this deserves more attention given the consequence, the significance of what will eventually be a wholesale change among the federal judiciary, he continued.
Much has been made of Trumps failure to get legislation through Congress and received wisdom suggests that he has little to show for his first 10 months in power. However, the lasting impact that court picks have on the lives of Americans means that Trumps choices and the sheer numbers involved will help reshape America for the next half-century.
Until recently little attention has been paid to Trumps judicial appointments. But Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware and a member of the Senate judiciary committee, identified the importance of these appointments early on. In June he said: This will be the single most important legacy of the Trump administration. They will quickly be able to put judges on circuit courts all over the country, district courts all over the country, that will, given their youth and conservatism, have a significant impact on the shape and trajectory of American law for decades.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/22/federal-court-judicial-nominations-donald-trump?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=253487&subid=17536001&CMP=GT_US_collection
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Trump has no wins??? Think again, he is packing courts for years to come.... (Original Post)
jodymarie aimee
Nov 2017
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dalton99a
(81,578 posts)1. Yep. This will be his long-lasting legacy
underpants
(182,879 posts)2. I wonder how many of their rulings will stand
Lawyers are going to be busy for years appealing decisions
Kablooie
(18,641 posts)3. He's likely to turn SCOTUS to majority conservative before he's done.
So his conservative judge rulings will stand with no recourse.
We will be living under Trumps influence for the rest of our lives.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)4. Just talking about that at a lunch table yesterday . Some saying how long would it take to
undo trump. I said in some sectors, a lifetime if at all , which of course nobody likes a downer but not every case goes up to the Supreme Court .
All these lower federal courts will be stacked with trump thinkers
Gorsuck is merely only one lifetime pain to endure .
RedSpartan
(1,693 posts)5. This is why we must take back the Senate
and, if not, must defeat the Republican nominee for President in 2020.
Bookending Trump's nominees with 8 years of Obama appointees and at least 4 of another Democratic President can minimize the impact of Trump's judges.