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Mar. 30, 2021 11:13AM EST
Biden to nominate three Black women in groundbreaking first slate of federal judges
President Biden on Tuesday announced plans to nominate 11 judges to the federal courts, including D.C. District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace former D.C. Circuit Court Judge Merrick Garland, who is now U.S. attorney general.
Why it matters: The nominees include three Black women, and could seat the first Muslim federal judge in the country's history, the first AAPI woman to ever serve on the D.C. District Court, and the first woman of color as a federal judge for the District of Maryland, according to the White House.
- The selections "reflect the president’s deeply-held conviction that the federal bench should reflect the full diversity of the American people," the White House wrote in a news release.
Between the lines: The nomination of Jackson will likely spur discussion about a potential nomination for the Supreme Court.
- Biden has said he will nominate the country's first Black female justice, and the D.C. Circuit Court to which Jackson is nominated is often viewed as a stepping stone for the highest court.
- Jackson was once a clerk for Justice Stephen Breyer, the oldest judge on the Supreme Court.
Other nominees:
- Zahid N. Quraishi, a magistrate judge and nominee for the New Jersey District Court, would be the first Muslim American to serve on the federal bench.
- Tiffany Cunningham, a patent litigator in Chicago, was nominated to theFederal Circuit Appeals Court. She would be the first Black woman to serve on that court.
- Florence Y. Pan, a federal claims court judge, is nominated to replace Jackson on the D.C. District Court. She would be the first Asian American woman on the court.
- Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, who has served as a federal public defender for the last decade, is a nominee for the Seventh Circuit Appeals Court. She would be the only Black woman on that court's bench.
Other nominations include:
- Magistrate Judge Deborah Boardman and Federal Claims Court Judge Lydia Griggsby for the Maryland District Court.
- Julien Neals, a county counsel and acting county administrator in New Jersey, to serve on New Jersey's District Court.
- Civil rights and criminal lawyer Margaret Strickland for the New Mexico District Court.
- Former federal prosecutor Regina Rodriguez for the Colorado District Court.
What he's saying: “This trailblazing slate of nominees draws from the very best and brightest minds of the American legal profession," Biden said in a statement.
- "Each is deeply qualified and prepared to deliver justice faithfully under our Constitution and impartially to the American people — and together they represent the broad diversity of background, experience, and perspective that makes our nation strong."
The White House noted in its news release that "none of the last four administrations had nominated more than two candidates by this point in their presidency."
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Jan. 07, 2021 11:00PM EST
Axios-Ipsos poll: Republicans oppose removing Trump over Capitol siege
Data: Ipsos/Axios Survey; Chart: Axios Visuals
Data: Ipsos/Axios Survey; Chart: Axios Visuals
Eight in 10 Republicans oppose removing President Trump from office for inciting his supporters to storm Congress in an effort to overturn his election loss, according to a new Ipsos poll for Axios.
Why it matters: The stark finding underscores the degree to which the Republican Party has become the party of Trump.
- This helps to explain GOP leaders' resistance to impeachment or invoking the 25th Amendment.
- At the same time, the polling suggests near unanimous opposition to protesters' siege and somewhat dampened enthusiasm among Republicans for Trump's refusal to concede.
What they're saying: "This has damaged the standing to continue contesting the election with a big chunk of the public," said pollster Chris Jackson, senior vice president for Ipsos Public Affairs.
- "But what it also tells us is that it doesn't fundamentally change the underlying political dynamics in the country, where Republicans think Trump should stay in office and Democrats do not."
- "For a lot of Americans the political establishment, the media establishment, aren't trusted to do what's necessary, and people sort of feel like there's a need for regular folks to step up."
By the numbers: Just 6% of Americans say they support Wednesday's effort by protesters to forcibly stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's Electoral College win.
- But six in 10 Republicans say if elected leaders don't protect the country, the people must take action themselves.
- 74% of Democrats, but just 22% of Republicans, considered yesterday's events an attempted coup.
- Half the country (86% of Democrats but just 15% of Republicans) says Trump should immediately be removed from office.
Between the lines: The national survey of 536 U.S. adults was conducted Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Ipsos also conducted a snap poll of 500 people earlier in the day, just after the House and Senate chambers were cleared.
- Between the first and second polls, overall support for Trump contesting the election dipped from 34% to 28%, and support for GOP politicians helping Trump to contest it also dropped, from 35% to 29%.
- Among Republican respondents, support for contesting Biden's win dropped from about three in four to about two in three.
- Support for the Capitol police dropped even more precipitously between the two polls, from 59% to 43% — though that was driven largely by Democrats' disapproval.
Methodology: The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4.6 percentage points at the 95% confidence level, for results based on the entire sample of adults.
- The margin of sampling error takes into account the design effect, which was 1.2. The margin of sampling error is higher and varies for results based on sub-samples.
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Dec. 08, 2024 10:04PM EST



