EPISODE · Oct 14, 2024 · 4 MIN
It's Time to Brag on Biden
from drinc with Deborah · host Deborah Robinson
IT'S TIME TO BRAG ON BIDEN.NBTT BUMPERAS WE SEE MORE THAN EVER NOW, JUDGES ARE IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO ASSURING JUSTICE, BUT SECURING FREEDOMS, AND THEIR JUDGMENTS CAN DETERMINE THE VALUE OF OUR PERSONAL LIVES.CASE IN POINT.TRUMP WAS ABLE TO APPOINT 3 SUPREME COURT JUSTICES—ALL OF WHOM GUARANTEED THE OVERTHROW OF ROE V WADE. ASK YOURSELF, HOW IS THAT DECISION AFFECTING MY ABILITY TO DECIDE WHEN AND HOW TO HAVE CHILDREN? NOT ONLY DOES IT AFFECT YOUR DECISION, BUT IN SOME STATES NOW, IT DETERMINES YOUR DECISION. THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ARE.NOW, READY FOR THIS? LET'S BRAG!TO DATE, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS APPOINTED THE MOST WOMEN AND RACIAL OR ETHNIC MINORITY JUDGES THAN ANY OTHER PRESIDENT – AND HE'S NOT DONE YET.BIDEN HAS APPOINTED 95 WOMEN TO THE BENCH, THAT’S 66% OF ALL OF HIS JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS. TRUMP ONLY APPOINTED 36 WOMEN IN HIS FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE—THAT’S ONLY 24%. BIDEN EVEN BEAT OBAMA, WHO APPOINTED 54 WOMEN JUDGES FOR 47% OF HIS APPOINTEES.NOW LOOKING AT DIVERSITY. BIDEN'S FEDERAL JUDICIAL APPOINTEES ARE MUCH MORE RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DIVERSE THAN THOSE OF ANY OTHER PRESIDENT.WITH A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR TO GO, BIDEN HAS APPOINTED 145 FEDERAL JUDGES. TRUMP APPOINTED 153 JUDGES IN HIS FOUR-YEAR TERM.OF THOSE NUMBERS, 66% OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S APPOINTEES WERE NON-WHITE, COMPARED TO ONLY 14% OF TRUMP’S APPOINTEES.OF TRUMP’S 153 JUDICIAL APPOINTEES, 131 OF THEM WERE WHITE. ONLY 5 BLACKS, 6 HISPANICS, 10 ASIAN, AND 1 OTHER. THAT’S ONLY 22 NON-WHITE APPOINTEES OF 153 APPOINTMENTS FOR 14%.OF BIDENS 145 JUDICIAL APPOINTEES TO DATE, 49 OF THEM WERE WHITE. 44 BLACKS, 22 HISPANICS, 17 ASIANS, AND 13 OTHERS. FOR 66%. THAT’S 96 NON-WHITE APPOINTEES OF 145 APPOINTMENTS FOR 66%.TO SUM IT UP, 2/3’S OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S APPOINTED JUDGES TO DATE—66%—ARE WOMEN OR RACIAL OR ETHNIC MINORITIES.A FIRST FOR ANY PRESIDENT. INCLUDING OBAMA.NOW. GO BRAG ABOUT THAT! Get full access to drinc at deborahrobinsonlive.substack.com/subscribe
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