President Joe Biden thanked the Senate on Wednesday for confirming the 200th federal judge of his presidency, which he referred to as “another milestone in the effort to protect the freedoms and liberties of all Americans.”
Earlier in the day, the Senate voted 66-28 to confirm Angela Martinez as a district court judge in Arizona.
“These judges are exceptionally well-qualified. They come from every walk of life, and collectively, they form the most diverse group of judicial appointees ever put forward by a president,” Biden wrote on Wednesday. “Judges matter. These men and women have the power to uphold basic rights or to roll them back.”
More than 60% of Biden’s judicial appointees are women or people of color, according to the White House, and Biden claimed that they will “decide whether women have the freedom to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions; whether Americans have the freedom to cast their ballots; whether workers have the freedom to unionize and make a living wage for their families; and whether children have the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water.”
“There is more work to do,” Biden concluded. “Going forward, I will continue my solemn responsibility of nominating individuals who have excelled in their professional careers, who reflect the communities they serve, and who apply the law impartially and without favoritism.”
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Biden hit his 200th judicial confirmation roughly one month before former President Donald Trump accomplished the feat during his term in office.
Trump still leads Biden in total judges and justices confirmed by the Senate, 235, yet the White House frequently touts the 13 black women Biden appointed to be circuit judges, the most in history, as evidence of the focus the president has placed on the judiciary.
