How Trump Is Making the Federal Judiciary Younger, Whiter, and More Republican

How Trump Is Making the Federal Judiciary Younger, Whiter, and More Republican

With the Senate adjourned until 2026, the book is closed on President Donald Trump’s first-year judicial appointments. How much damage did he do this time around? In my view, a lot—his 26 appointees this year were younger, whiter, and more openly partisan than those he appointed in his first term.  But if you’re looking for silver linings, it probably could have been worse. In 2017, the first year of Trump’s first term in office, he appointed Ju…