Trump's picks for lifetime federal judges are overwhelmingly white, male, and conservative

As president, Donald Trump has made decision upon decision that harms the country. It can feel tempting to tune out the finer details, but recent data from a Congressional Research Service report is worth slowing down and digging into. Why? The impact of what the report discusses is likely to last long after Trump leaves office; in fact, it’s designed to last for life.

Trump has confirmed a number of lifetime judges to federal courts across the country. Of course, this is what a president does. What’s particularly disturbing about Trump’s choices, and what makes him stand apart from even other Republican presidents, is that his picks are overwhelmingly white, male, and conservative. As Jennifer Bendery points out at the Huffington Post, Trump’s picks are also younger than the people they’re replacing, meaning they’ll likely keep their seats longer.

Within his first two years as president, 90 percent of Trump’s picks (which were confirmed for appeals courts) were white. None were African American or Latinx, and only 10 percent were Asian American. 

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