Op-Ed: Jack Heretik: The best is yet to come for America’s courts
With President Donald Trump back in office, sane nominations will once again make their way to the Senate, Jack Heretik writes in his latest op-ed.
The news cycle is currently focused on what the Senate is doing: confirming President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees.
Judicial nominations could become a bigger story soon. The ability to reshape the judiciary offers a president the opportunity to leave a mark on the country that will last for decades, if not generations.
In his first term, President Trump and Senate Republicans made nominating and confirming quality judges a priority. By the end of President Trump’s first term, the Senate confirmed 234 judges. More impressively, President Trump was able to see three justices that he nominated be confirmed and now sit on the Supreme Court.
Unfortunately, President Joe Biden has surpassed the total number of judges President Trump placed on the bench. But now, Biden won’t be able to nominate more.
Among President Biden’s nominees were Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson who famously responded “I’m not a biologist” when Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R., Tenn.) asked her to define the word “woman.”
Since Justice Jackson joined the high court, she has repeatedly voiced her far-left political views. She has remained supportive of affirmative action and opposed free speech protections for business owners while also defending minors obtaining an abortion without their parents being notified.
Additionally, President Biden tried to push Adeel A. Mangi onto the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, despite serious bipartisan opposition. Mangi was supported by numerous far-left organizations and there remain many questions about his past work for the Rutgers University’s Center for Security, Race and Rights.
With President Trump in office, sane nominations will now make their way to the Senate. Judicial nominations will be based on merit and commitment to the United States Constitution. President Trump will be aided in this work by White House Counsel David Warrington.
As President Trump has the ability to fill vacancies on the benches again, it looks like brighter days are ahead for America’s courts.
Jack Heretik was Associate Director of Research in the Trump White House before working in communications for the House Energy & Commerce Committee's Republican staff until 2023.
