President Joe Biden is expected to make his first judicial picks soon and if the practice of past presidents is any indication, those selections will reflect his priorities for judicial nominations.
His immediate predecessor, Donald Trump, signaled a willingness to work with Senate Republicans with his first circuit court nominee: Amul Thapar, who was championed by his fellow Kentuckyian, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, for the Sixth Circuit.
Barack Obama tried showing he wanted to work across the aisle by announcing David Hamilton for the Seventh Circuit, a moderate pick supported by his Republican home-state senator Richard Lugar of Indiana.
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