Neomi Rao, President Trump’s nominee for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. It underscores the joint effort of Trump and McConnell to overhaul the federal judiciary, installing young conservatives on the courts who will serve for decades. In the two years since, McConnell, the Senate Judiciary Committee and the White House have worked expeditiously to fill those vacancies. In the first two years of Trump’s presidency, the GOP-led Senate successfully installed two justices to the Supreme Court, as well as 30 circuit court judges and 53 judges to the lower-level district courts. So far this year, the Senate has confirmed a half-dozen circuit court judges.

Source: Washington Post March 13, 2019 16:43 UTC