Biden Reaches 200-Judge Mark as Time Wanes to Fill Circuit Seats

The Senate confirmed Joe Biden’s 200th judicial nominee, putting Biden slightly ahead of his predecessor’s record at this point in their respective presidencies but still behind the Republican’s pace on appointments to the Supreme Court and appeals courts.

Biden reached the milestone Wednesday with the confirmation of Angela Martinez, a US magistrate judge, to Arizona’s US trial court bench.

Martinez’s confirmation comes as Biden continues to remake the racial, gender and professional makeup of the federal courts. Of the president’s total appointees, 64% are women and 62% are people of color, the White House said in a statement.

Democrats ...