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Trump’s judicial picks nonetheless suck—and now they’re election deniers too

Editorial Board Published June 20, 2025
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When President Donald Trump introduced his first slate of judicial nominees, they got here with all of the bigotry and bias you’d anticipate: hating abortion, hating gender-affirming care, hating racial justice, loving literacy assessments for voting—you recognize, the same old. However when the 5 nominees offered written solutions to questions from Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, we realized that these hateful views are now not sufficient: Now, Trump nominees additionally need to be election deniers. Sure, it seems that shopping for into Trump’s conspiracies concerning the 2020 election is now a requirement for a lifetime appointment to the federal courts. Terrific.

Each nominee refused to acknowledge that Joe Biden received the 2020 election. As a substitute, they sidestepped the query by offering a solution much like Legal professional Common Pam Bondi throughout her affirmation listening to. When requested if Biden received the election, her reply was, “President Biden is the president of the United States. There was a peaceful transition of power.”

That may be very a lot not a sure, however as a substitute a cautious sidestep—and a painfully apparent hedge. Bondi knew she couldn’t go full election denier throughout her affirmation listening to, however she additionally knew that any assertion that Biden received the election would possible value her that legal professional normal gig. 

And these judicial nominees have grasped that crucial a part of their affirmation course of is displaying their fealty to Trump and the Huge Lie. 

Associated | Trump’s legal professional normal choose will not admit Biden received 2020 election

Right here’s Zachary Bluestone, tapped for a federal district courtroom seat in Missouri. When requested if Trump misplaced the 2020 election, Bluestone’s reply was, “Under Article II and the Twelfth Amendment, Congress is responsible for counting electoral votes after a presidential election. Congress certified President Biden as the victor of the 2020 election, and he served as the 46th President of the United States.”

And right here’s Joshua Divine, additionally tapped for a Missouri seat. His reply? “President Biden was certified as the victor and served as the 46th President of the United States.” 

Nominee Cristian Stevens went with, “As I recall, there were various legal challenges to the results of the 2020 presidential election. Joe Biden was certified as the winner of the 2020 presidential election and served four years as president.” 

You get the image. 

There’s no query that Trump’s first-term nominees have been dangerous in some spectacular methods, keen to assist the wannabe autocrat eradicate rights and rules. However when it got here to the wide range of election conspiracy instances Trump filed in his failed bid to overturn the election, even his personal appointees didn’t signal on, ruling towards him. Trump isn’t going to make that mistake once more. He doesn’t simply want conservative ideologues within the federal courts: He wants judges who received’t cease him it doesn’t matter what he does, and agreeing to the farce that Biden didn’t win in 2020 is a reasonably large inform that these nominees see their main job as making certain Trump will get his method, it doesn’t matter what the regulation says. 

Throughout his first time period, Trump appeared to shady moneyman Leonard Leo and the extremist Federalist Society for nominees, however Trump and Leo are having a really public falling out. Trump is mad at Leo as a result of some appointees, presumably advised by Leo and vetted by the Federalist Society, had the temerity to rule towards Trump. Trump has additionally reduce the American Bar Affiliation out of the appointment course of, so there will likely be no impartial evaluation of the {qualifications} of those judges. 

None of those nominees will act as a verify or stability on Trump. It’s fairly apparent they’d not have gotten the nod in the event that they believed the judiciary had any authority over the president. So, as a substitute of regular judicial candidates, we’re going to get a motley mixture of true believers crawling over each other to show that they’re probably the most dedicated to the Huge Lie and probably the most wanting to let Trump do no matter he desires. 

That’s going to be terrific for Trump, however horrible for democracy. 

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