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Obama's Federal Judges: 42% Women, 19% Black, Eleven Openly Gay

Of His 305 District Court And Circuit Court Nominees
http://freerepublic.com/%5Ehttp://www.brennancenter.org/newsletter/fair-courts-e-lert-senate-confirms-judicial-nominees-million-dollar-state-supreme-court | December 19, 2014

Recent Judicial Confirmations Put Obama Ahead of Predecessors

This week, the Senate confirmed a dozen judicial nominees before the end of the “lame duck” session, reports Jennifer Bendery at The Huffington Post.

“That puts Obama at a whopping 89 district court and circuit court confirmations for the year, and means he'll wrap up his sixth year in office with a grand total of 305 district court and circuit court confirmations -- a tally that puts him well beyond where his predecessors were by this point in their presidencies.”

Many of these new judges will add diversity to the federal bench: “Robert Pitman will be the first openly gay judge to serve in the Fifth Circuit, which includes Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Loretta Biggs will be the first black woman to serve as a district judge in North Carolina.”

Bendery notes that “forty-two percent of Obama's confirmed judges are women,

19 percent are black and 11 percent are Hispanic, according to data provided by the White House.

Eleven of his confirmed judges are openly gay or lesbian.”

(Excerpt) Read more at brennancenter.org ...
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