A study reveals that Biden appointed more federal judges in his first term than Trump did.
In December, Democrats rushed to confirm Biden's nominees, which helped boost his approval ratings.
President Biden appointed more federal judges than Trump in the past four years.
Biden is set to conclude his presidency with a record of appointing 228 judges to U.S. district and appellate courts, including a significant number of female and minority judges to district courts nationwide, according to new data from the Federal Judiciary Center.
In the final days of the 118th Congress, Senate Democrats aided in part the total by confirming Biden's judicial nominees in a flurry of eleventh-hour confirmations, while still holding a narrow majority in the chamber.
During his first term, Trump appointed 226 federal and appellate court judges, which was just under Biden's total.
Biden appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman, to the Supreme Court.
The highest percentage of judges appointed by any U.S. president are Black, Hispanic, Asian or part of another racial or ethnic minority group, with sixty percent, according to data from the Pew Research Center.
Biden's federal judge appointments share similarities with Carter's in terms of diversity and scope.
Unlike Biden, Carter did not appoint anyone to the Supreme Court. However, he appointed more than 260 federal and appellate court judges during his four years in office, including a record number of women and minority judges, which helped the courts better reflect the populations they represented. The appointments helped reshape the federal bench and paved the way for women and minorities to serve on the Supreme Court.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's installation on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit was accomplished by Carter, who later paved the way for her promotion to the Supreme Court in 1993.
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