As President Biden struggles through the roughest patch of his presidency yet — with his poll numbers in the doldrums and the cornerstone of his Build Back Better legislation in peril — he can look back at one unalloyed success in his first year. The Senate has confirmed a record number of his nominees to the federal judiciary — the most of any president at this stage in 40 years — and at a time when that achievement matters more than ever.
As President Biden struggles through the roughest patch of his presidency yet — with his poll numbers in the doldrums and the cornerstone of his Build Back Better legislation in peril — he can look back at one unalloyed success in his first year. The Senate has confirmed a record number of his nominees to the federal judiciary — the most of any president at this stage in 40 years — and at a time when that achievement matters more than ever.