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How Obama Dropped The Ball On Judges
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7:27Now PlayingThere is one part of Biden's presidency where he is lapping his Democratic predecessor and that's in judicial appointments. Obama was very slow filling seats on the Federal bench. But was it a case of just not being a priority for the Obama administration or was it deliberate?
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Sam: Give me your sense of the political implications of this pick.
Guest: Well the political implications is that there are now we are at a period of the reactionary right. You can argue that right has always been reactionary. But we do have a kind of contemporary iteration of the right that is kind of like you know to use a slang phrase that's very popular in Miami off the meat racks if you will. In terms of the right-wing nature of its posturing. and they're going to throw a hissy fit. And I think that they're going to try to maybe in policy or in temperament say okay you got yours. And I hold this long term online for federal judiciary picks or judicial picks in general. Maybe buying if he has a few more picks Biden has had a con in opposition to the way Obama was a snail in picking judges. Biden has been pretty good in filling the seats.
Sam: He's at a pace that's even faster than Trump's.
Guest: Trump was knocking about the park as a matter of fact. right? So Biden is doing pretty good. What should be expected right? Biden was on the judicial committee for years when he was a senator.
Sam: So there's also I think there was a concerted effort. You know we've interviewed Brian Fallon on this program to demand justice. Which was brought up as a boogie man and was against Durban sitting on a chair. has been applying pressure. And he was a former Obama you know staffer who basically said we blew it.
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