Senate Democrats just confirmed their 4th judge this week, marking 225 confirmations under Biden Harris Administration [View all]

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These 225 confirmations highlight Democrats’ work filling judicial vacancies with highly qualified, diverse candidates who help ensure the fair and impartial administration of the American justice system. Notably, Democrats accomplished this feat in part during the longest 50-50 split in Senate history, followed by our soon-to-end narrow majority.

In comparison to other presidents’ entire terms, this Senate has confirmed more women of color to the bench and more Black women to judgeships than any other president. We have confirmed more Black women to circuit court judgeships than all other presidents combined.

But this is about more than just statistics. These judges are already protecting the rights of all Americans from the bench. Below are just a few examples.

District Court Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby blocked the implementation of newly drawn Baltimore County Council districts, finding that the new map disadvantaged Black voters and thereby violated the Voting Rights Act.

Seventh Circuit Judge Doris Pryor cast the deciding vote in 2023 as part of a 2-1 decision finding that a lower court erred in tossing out a sex trafficking victim’s lawsuit against Salesforce, the software company that hosted a website on which she was trafficked. A Trump-appointed judge wrote a dissenting opinion.

And District Court Judge Cristina Silva threw out a challenge to Nevada’s Election Worker Protection Act, a bipartisan law that criminalizes attempts to intimidate, threaten, coerce or harm election workers.