All-Biden Court Shows Partisan Shift in How Judges Get Confirmed

Nowhere are President Joe Biden’s efforts to diversify the federal judiciary more evident than the US trial court in Seattle.

Biden has selected every one of the seven active judges in the Western District of Washington, the only court where he’s had a chance to do so.

All seven are women, people of color, or both. The new composition represents a marked shift for the court, which never had a woman of color before the Biden administration.

Interactive graphic: The seven new judges of the Western District of Washington

The makeover offers a glimpse into a potential future where nomination battles leave courts understaffed for years until a president ...