The Biden-Harris regime’s efforts to undermine the US Judicial system have begun. The first slate of radical Judge appointments has been announced by the White House. The group seems to have been assembled with diversity keenly in mind. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has been nominated for the prominent U.S. Appeals court in Washington. On the campaign trail Biden promised to nominate the first black woman to the Supreme Court, this could be seen as him teeing up his choice given that both Justices Ginsberg and Scalia served on the D.C. Circuit Court.
The Hill reports,
“The nominees will all be subject to confirmation in the 50-50 Senate, where Democrats hold the slightest edge over Republicans with Vice President Harris breaking tie votes. That could make the confirmation process difficult for any of the nominees should they run into opposition from any Democrats.”
A majority of judicial nominees have been prosecutors, however, the Biden-Harris regime is under increasing pressure from special interest groups to nominate more public interest attorneys such as civil rights lawyers and public defenders. Press Secretary Jen Psaki tweeted that these nominees are “also representing a paradigm shift in the types of people who can see themselves on the federal bench.”
In addition to being among the brightest minds in the American legal profession, 4 nominees have served as public defenders, 4 are members of the AAPI community, if confirmed 1 nom would be the first Muslim-American judicial nominee in history.
— Jen Psaki (@PressSec) March 30, 2021
Psaki noted to the press that four of the nominees are former public defenders, which reflects a significant change as many nominees are drawn from prosecutor posts and Attorneys General who are accustomed to representing the government. Conversely most of Biden’s nominees are accustomed to representing plaintiffs AGAINST the government.
Almost all reporting on the nominations and Psaki’s comments focus on the racial, cultural and even religious makeup of the nominees. Four are Asian American or Pacific Islander, two are black, one is Hispanic and Quraishi, if confirmed, would make history as the first Muslim-American federal judge, doubtlessly raising concerns about possible application of Sharia law or Islamic jurisprudence.
Florida 2020 Republican Congressional Candidate Laura Loomer posted on Gab, regarding Quaraishi,
“Biden just nominated the first Muslim Federal Judge, Zahid N. Quraishi, a magistrate judge and nominee for the New Jersey District Court. He would be the first Muslim American to serve on the federal bench.
I predict we will soon have Sharia law on the FEDERAL level.
Is this judge going to take their oath on the Quran? That’s sharia law. Sharia law is incompatible with the US constitution and our laws!”
Let’s Break Down Biden-Harris’ 11 Judge Nominees
- Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, 50, nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Jackson would fill the vacancy created by Judge Merrick Garland’s move to Attorney General. She has served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia since 2013. President Obama had considered Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016.
- Tiffany Cunningham, 44, nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Cunningham, specializes in business law and serves as trial and appellate counsel for large multinational companies, as well as small enterprises, and individuals in complex patent and trade secret disputes.
- Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, 41, nominated to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Jackson-Akiwumi, focuses on complex civil litigation, white-collar criminal defense and investigations. From 2010 to 2020, Jackson-Akiwumi was a staff attorney at the Federal Defender Program in the Northern District of Illinois.
- Judge Deborah Boardman, 46, nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Boardman is a U.S. magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, previously a federal public defender.
- Judge Lydia Griggsby, 53, nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Griggsby is a judge on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims since 2014. Before that, Griggsby has strong ties to the Democratic party, he was chief counsel for privacy and information policy and privacy counsel for Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.
- Julien Neals, 56, nominated the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Neals is county counsel for the acting county administrator for Bergen County, NJ.
- Judge Florence Y. Pan, 54, nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Pan is an associate judge on the Superior Court for the District of Columbia.
- Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, 45, nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Quraishi, is a U.S. magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Formerly an attorney specializing in white-collar criminal defense and investigations.
- Regina Rodriguez, 57, nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Rodriguez, handles complex cases and investigations of the government.
- Margaret Strickland, 40, nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Strickland is a civil rights and criminal law attorney in state and federal courts in New Mexico.
- Judge Rupa Ranga Puttagunta, 39, nominated to Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Puttagunta specializes in housing law as an administrative judge for the D.C. Rental Housing Commission. She made a name for herself from 2013 to 2019, representing homeless criminal defendants in trial and on appeal.
