Senate Democrats will look to press forward with confirming more of President Joe Biden’s judicial picks during the lame-duck session, their last opportunity before Republicans regain the majority and President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in January.
The weeks between now and the start of the 119th Congress will determine if Biden and Democrats can exceed the number of lifetime judicial appointments Trump made during his first administration.
As of Tuesday evening, Biden needs to secure 20 lifetime judicial confirmations in the lame-duck session to match the 234 such confirmations of Trump appointees, according to tracking from groups Alliance For Justice and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.
