Trump is quietly moving at a furious pace to secure ‘the single most important legacy’ of his administration

When it comes to nominating judges to the federal bench, Trump is
moving at a breakneck pace. And the number of nominees for vacant US
attorney positions, a crucial area, is dwarfing that of the past
administration this early on.

On the federal bench, virtually all the vacancies Trump has been rushing to fill are lifetime appointments.

“This will be the single most important legacy of the Trump
administration,” Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, a member of
the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Business Insider. “They will
quickly be able to put judges on circuit courts all over the country,
district courts all over the country, that will, given their youth and
conservatism, will have a significant impact on the shape and trajectory
of American law for decades.

"I do think this deserves more attention given the consequence, the
significance of what will eventually be a wholesale change among the
federal judiciary,” he continued.

While only three of Trump’s nominees for the federal bench, aside
from Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, have been confirmed by the
Judiciary Committee to date, the sheer number of nominees he has sent to
the committee — both for federal judgeships and US attorney slots — is
staggering.

Through July 14, roughly a week shy of Trump’s six-month anniversary
in office, he had nominated 18 people for district judgeship vacancies,
14 for circuit courts and the Court of Federal Claims, and 23 for US
attorney slots. During that same timeframe in President Barack Obama’s
first term, Obama had nominated just four district judges, five appeals
court judges, and 13 US attorneys. In total, Trump nominated 55 people,
and Obama just 22.

“What strikes me about the Trump administration’s judicial-nomination process is how quickly they have moved,” Coons said.

Trump is quietly moving at a furious pace to secure ‘the single most important legacy’ of his administration