In Donald Trump’s telling, he has to win every election for his own ego. It’s good for America too, he’d argue, but that’s not really the point. (Or the truth.) So to assure his future well-being, he is working to stack the system with judges who will rule for him under the guise of preserving election integrity whenever he or his allies are questioned, and whose very presence—mostly white and mostly male—will resonate with his MAGA base.
Of the 34 individuals Trump nominated for lifetime judicial appointments in the first year of his second term, 26 were male, 31 were white, zero were women of color and zero added professional diversity to the bench— certainly no defense attorneys or non-profit types.
Twenty-six were confirmed.
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