In identifying nominees for the federal courts, the Biden team has put a premium not just on racial and ethnic diversity, but also on diversity in professional experience.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to take another step in his push to reshape andWednesday, announcing three new Latino candidates for the federal bench as part of a larger crop that includes several historic firsts.
Former President Donald Trump’s own brisk pace of judicial confirmations helped move the 9th Circuit, long seen as the most liberal leaning of the federal circuits, in a more conservative direction. The panel now has more active judges appointed by Trump than any other single president, with 10. Biden is also expected to name Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong to the District Court for the Central District of California; Katherine Marie Menendez to the District Court for Minnesota; and Jennifer Thurston to the Eastern District of California.
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