Trump presidency’s most lasting impact? A transformed judiciary.
In early November, during the impeachment inquiry against him, President Donald Trump threw a celebration in the East Room of the White House.
The guests: a group of Senate Republicans and Leonard Leo, head of The Federalist Society. The occasion: President Trump’s appointing 44 federal appeals court judges – about one-quarter of the entire appeals court bench.
The Trump administration and Senate Republicans – along with The Federalist Society, the conservative legal group tasked by the administration with identifying and vetting reliably conservative nominees – have over the past three years developed a pipeline of relentless efficiency for lifetime judicial appointments.
The volume of confirmed judges is arguably the greatest achievement of Mr. Trump’s first term, and…
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