While You Were Focused On The Electoral College Vote, The Senate Filled The 7th Circuit Coney Barrett Seat
It’s full steam ahead for Mitch McConnell filling the few remaining federal judicial vacancies.
Today the seat on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated by now-Justice Amy Coney Barrett was filled.
This is Trump’s 54th appointment to a Court of Appeals. It’s hardly a substitute for reelection, but it is a lasting legacy for a generation.
For the historical record:
- While you were focused on COMEY, Trump nominated another group of CONSERVATIVE Judges (June 7, 2017)
- While you were focused on … Republicans kept moving judicial nominees through pipeline (February 18,2018)
- While you were distracted by [insert news cycle], Trump continued to reshape the federal judiciary (May 19, 2019)
- While you were watching the Democrat debates, Mitch McConnell rammed through more judges (August 1, 2019)
- While you were focused on Impeachment, Trump continued to transform the federal judiciary (November 4, 2019)
- While you were watching Gordon Sondland, Trump flipped the 11th Circuit (November 20, 2019)
- This week federal judiciary became one-fifth Trump-appointed, while media focused on Jerry Nadler (December 7, 2019)
- While you were focused on New Hampshire, more Trump judicial nominees were confirmed (February 12, 2020)
- While you were focused on the pandemic, Trump nominated two more Court of Appeals judges (April 5, 2020)
- While you were locked-in and focused on #Obamagate, the judicial confirmation train kept rolling towards November (May 14, 2020)
- As Trump runs out of appeals court vacancies to fill, Lindsey Graham calls for ‘originalist’ judges to take Senior Status (May 28, 2020)
- LIVE: Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court (September 26, 2020)
- While You Were Focused on The Kraken, the Senate Continued Confirming Trump Federal Judges (November 19, 2020)
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