Carter’s Judicial Legacy Paved Way for Biden Diversity Push

Former President Jimmy Carter’s expansion of the federal judiciary set a standard for future Democratic administrations, including fellow one-term Democrat Joe Biden, to emulate.

While Carter, who died Sunday at 100, is the rare president without a Supreme Court appointment, he did name future justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit and First Circuit, respectively.

Overall, he appointed more women and people of color to the federal judiciary than all his predecessors combined. Ginsburg, who faced gender-based discrimination in her career prior to her circuit appointment, lauded Carter’s judicial legacy ...