Biden’s Diverse Judicial Confirmations: By the Numbers (1)

President Joe Biden has appointed 235 federal judges to lifetime appellate and trial court seats in his lone term, and fulfilled his campaign pledge to appoint the first Black woman to the US Supreme Court.

Biden and Democrats managed a razor-thin Senate majority, which required Vice President Kamala Harris to break tie votes more than once. Progressives chaffed over the pace of vetting and confirmations.

A post-election deal that left a handful of circuit seats for Donald Trump to fill frustrated them further. Democrats said they didn’t have the votes to get those nominees through.

Here is a look at ...