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Biden starts court packing the District of Columbia

Joe Biden (above)

Source is the White House:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/02/04/withdrawals-sent-to-the-senate/

Nine positions in the Federal Court District of Columbia.

To be filled in record time.

They are:

  1. Rahkel Bouchet

  2. Sharon E. Goodie

  3. John P. Howard, III

  4. Danny Lam Nguyen

  5. Mark A. Robbins

  6. Carl Ezekiel Ross

  7. Vijay Shanker

  8. Elizabeth J. Shapiro

  9. John C. Truong

Currently, there are 16 Judges in the D.C. Federal Court of Appeals.

https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/home.nsf/Content/Judges

There are 14 Judges in the D.C. District Court.

https://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/district-judges

What makes the Federal Court District of Columbia so special?

They determine the majority of cases that are reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Like this one:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/evangerstmann/2021/02/05/supreme-court-will-decide-whether-police-can-enter-a-home-to-seize-guns-without-a-warrant/?sh=31f64cd25bb4

https://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/