Donald Trump is poised to inherit less than half the vacancies he started with the first time he entered the White House.
Trump benefited from a Republican Senate majority that blocked Barack Obama’s judicial nominees at the tail end of his presidency. This time, Joe Biden and Senate Democrats’ aggressive pursuit of judicial confirmations leaves fewer opportunities for Trump after he returns to office on Jan. 20.
Trump will still be left with key openings, after some of Biden’s nominees didn’t make it through the Senate or Biden simply didn’t name successors to other openings. Other vacancies in states with ...
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