«Ich habe Amerika versprochen: Würde ich zum Präsidenten gewählt, würde ich für den Supreme Court den besten Richter des Landes finden.»
President Trump made this announcement a short time after the start of office in 2017 - and was able to implement it several times to this day:
In February 2017 he nominated Neil Gorsuch for the office of a highest judge.
In July 2018 he nominated Brett Kavanaugh.
In September 2020, he was able to fill a vacancy at the Supreme Court with Amy Coney Barrett a third time.
But the elections to the Supreme Court are just a small excerpt from Donald Trump's large footprint in American jurisdiction.
231 of 861 are “Trump judges”
There are a total of 861 federal judges in the United States, all of whom are appointed for life.
In the first instance - at the 91 district courts of the United States - 673 judges;Today 178 of them are "Trump-Richter".
In the second instance - at the 13 appeal courts - 179 judges are added, 54 of them appointed by Donald Trump.
Finally, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court, has nine judges - three of them have appointed Donald Trump.
The 231 “Trump judges” make up 27 percent of all active federal judges.44 other candidates have already been nominated by Trump, but have not yet been confirmed.
"The Trump judges will be noticeable," says Thomas Werlen.He heads the Quinn Emanuel's branch in Zurich.«You have a conservative attitude and you will make fundamental decisions.“And these would usually be towards“ big business ”.
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Thomas Werlen: "A negative development for the legal seeker"
From Eco from 11.01.2021.
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Beispiele, aufgelistet von der trump-kritischen Website «People For the American Way»:
For the approval of an oil pipeline by Michigan and Wisconsin, an authority must also stick to nature conservation laws.So a district court decided on the basis of the lawsuit of an environmental organization.Two Trump call judges raised the judgment.The decision was made 2: 1.
A bank in California did not want to pay any interest, although this violates California law.The bank lost in the first instance.In the second instance, a Trump caller gave her right and led a 2-1 decision in favor of the bank.
Donald Trump has appointed as many judges in four years as no US president before him in the same period.
Conversion of the judiciary planned by a long hand
"Firstly, he was lucky that a lot of places have been released," says Thomas Werlen.“Second, he had the majority in the Senate, that is central.Thirdly - that is still not enough, because Obama also had a majority at a certain point in time - with Mitch McConnell, he changed the rules together so that he was able to determine the judges alone with the Republican majority.That means it doesn't matter whether the Democrats say yes or no.»
Die Republikaner hatten den Conversion of the judiciary planned by a long hand.Under the leadership of Mitch McConnell, they had blocked his candidate in the Senate at the end of Obama's term in office.After the election of Donald Trump, they were able to occupy the vacancies.
The majority of the judges are male and white.And many of them are young.Thomas Werlen: «These judges will not be there for a few years, these judges will be there for decades, 30 or 40 years.And they will shape Trump's value, i.e. really republican values, for a long time.This is the Trump legacy.»
Here you will leave traces
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Judges appointed by Donald Trump are also strongly represented in more democratic and economical regions today.Here his policy will be particularly noticeable.About in:
9th Circuit: This region includes Washington State, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Montana and California with Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Los Angeles.Ten have been appointed by Trump of 29 judges.
2nd Circuit: This region includes Connecticut, Vermont and New York.Out of 13 judges five have been appointed by Trump.In this circuit with three clearly democratically minded states, the judges appointed by the Republicans are now in the majority: two from George W come to the five Trump judges.Bush also opposite three by Barack Obama and three by Bill Clinton.
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Trump's heir - his judges
From Eco from 11.01.2021.
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