Trump’s election sparks fight over judicial retirements
Trump’s election sparks a fight over judicial retirements Three federal judges elected to the bench by the Democratic Party have decided that earlier retirement plans will benefit them ahead of their re-election. This report also comes after President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, News. az, citing the Washington Post, said Thursday.
Judges are rarely forced to surrender their declarations of senior status in the federal court system, a form of semi-retirement that vacates a seat on the court. Key Republicans have sharply denounced the decisions, which lock in the reality that Trump—who pushed the courts substantially to the right during his first term in office—will not have the opportunity to name replacements for those judicial seats right away.
According to legal experts, the judges' moves are part of a bigger political sparring over a federal court system whose judges enjoy lifetime appointments and whose decisions can make policy for decades.
READ MORE: Trump threatens to try and regain control of Panama Canal
After all, the Democrats have been racing to confirm as many of President Joe Biden's nominees as possible after the election, knowing they would not be confirmed once a Republican-majority Senate is sworn in early next year and that Trump will soon start making his own nominations. The last two confirmations came Friday, leaving Biden with 235 judicial appointments, one more than Trump had during his first term.
trump’s election sparks fight over judicial retirements in America
Trump's win sets up a battle over U.S. judicial retirements President Joe Biden vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have added 63 permanent federal judgeships to an expanded population and caseload. Had he signed the Judges Act, he would have given his successor, President-elect Donald Trump, the authority to fill 22 of those new positions.
"The rushed action of the
House of Representatives does not answer pressing questions the legislation raises particularly as it relates to new judgeships and neither has the House of Representatives and the Senate fully explored whether the work of senior status judges and magistrate judges, affects the need for these new judgeships," the senator added.
When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., learned that Biden intended to veto the measure, he had this reaction.
"It's hard to imagine a justification for blocking the JUDGES Act that doesn't smack of naked partisanship," McConnell said. "It's almost inconceivable that a lame-duck president could consider vetoing such an obviously prudential step for any reason other than selfish spite.".
trump’s Election Night speech
we bring you Donald Trump's 2024 election night victory speech from West Palm Beach Florida reflects on the achievements of his movement and outlines his vision for a strong united and prosperous America here optimism Former President Donald Trump made an appearance on stage at his campaign's election night watch party in Florida early Wednesday as the Associated Press called his victory in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.
Watch Trump's remarks in the player above.
In his election night speech, Trump promised his supporters that he would fight "for your family and your future" and vowed that he would "not rest until we have delivered the strong, safe and prosperous America."
"Every single day," Trump said, "I will be fighting for you with every breath in my body."
Trump was sure to take note of GOP victories in down-ballot races in remarks in the early morning of Wednesday.
"The number of victories in the Senate is absolutely incredible," Trump said.
Republicans have won 51 seats so far, placing them in the majority; however, Montana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Nevada have not yet been called, and potentially Republicans could win more than 51 seats.
0 Comments