Biden Nods to Prosecutors, Law Partners With New Judge Picks (2)

The White House announced the first batch of planned judicial nominations in more than two months as President Joe Biden seeks to fill a backlog of vacant seats before the midterm elections.

The intended nominees unveiled on Wednesday, including trial court judges John Lee and Salvador Mendoza Jr. for the Seventh and Ninth Circuits, respectively, feature several candidates with prosecutorial experience and law firm partners. That’s a departure from Biden’s push driven by progressives to nominate people with experience that hasn’t historically been represented on the bench, like public defenders and civil rights attorneys.

The group does keep with Biden’s ...