Biden wants lasting impact on courts

President Biden is reshaping the court system with a sense of urgency, naming 11 people last week to serve on the federal bench.

The moves to nominate judges are coming early in the presidency — much sooner than his recent predecessors — as Biden seems hyperaware of the lasting power of the bench and how it dovetails with electoral politics.

“The courts are a huge priority for the president right now,” said one longtime Biden adviser who is familiar with Biden’s thinking on the matter. “I think he’s eager to get to work because he knows how important the courts are in this moment in time on a variety of issues including redistricting and voting rights and basically every other major issue facing the nation today.

“These judges will have a lasting impact,” the adviser added.

The adviser also pointed to the need to act quickly, before the 2022 elections, when Democrats could lose control of the Senate, which would lengthen the nomination process dramatically.

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