A federal judge in North Carolina appointed by Barack Obama has rescinded his decision to take "senior status," making him the second Democratic appointee to pull a reverse retirement on Donald Trump.

Summary

Two Democratic-appointed federal judges have unretired after the 2024 election, preventing Trump from appointing replacements.

The judges’ decisions were influenced by the Senate’s “blue slip” policy, which requires support from home-state senators for presidential nominees.

Republican leaders, including Mitch McConnell, have criticized the judges’ actions as partisan, while Democrats are rushing to confirm as many judges as possible before Trump takes office.

  • originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee
    818·
    8 days ago

    I refuse to be happy about the democrats doing so little that we’re stuck relying on
    ancient judges appointed by centrists clinging to life and their career long enough that maybe the next democratic administration will get around to actually appointing leftist judges. It’s better than Trump’s appointments would be but not nearly good enough.

    • hddsx
      187·
      8 days ago

      Judges should be nonpartisan

      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
        511·
        8 days ago

        Nothing is non-partisan. Conservatives attack reality, truth, and science, because these compete with their worldview.

        • hddsx
          1·
          6 days ago

          If you look at my post history, I consider(ed) myself a non-Christian conservative.

          I just want a functioning government, man. The only way to fix conservatives is to have a leftist party so center is center again.

          My views haven’t changed. I shouldn’t be aligning more and more with democrats.

          And Donald Trump should not be president of the US. Mitch McConnell violates senate norms. The federal government is a laughing stock. Instead of subverting laws as a norm, we need to enforce existing laws.

      • originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee
        28·
        8 days ago

        My original comment was too glib so here’s the truth. So long as the right is viciously opposed to democratic norms, consensus based governance, and the rule of law when it suits their needs, we don’t have the luxury of purity tests. Judges aren’t non-partisan. Nothing is non-partisan.

      • Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world
        16·
        8 days ago

        Tell that to Republicans and who they put on the SC. Yes judges SHOULD be nonpartisan, but the highest court in the land is a fucking cesspool of corruption. Any judiciary left should be protected against their tyranny.