President Joe Biden is nominating fewer judges with career experiences important to progressives as the administration seeks to fill as many vacancies as possible ahead of the 2024 election.
Of nominations this year, only four of the 29 or 13% have been public defenders, did other indigent client work, or enforced labor laws. That’s compared to 36% and 48% of those with similar progressive-backed career experiences nominated through the congressional August recess in 2022 and 2021, respectively, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis.
The downturn is mostly due to the bulk of vacancies without a nominee being in states represented ...
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