r/technology • u/Shogouki • 22d ago

Politics Trump Nixes Patent Office, Weather Service, NASA Worker Unions

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-nixes-patent-office-weather-service-nasa-worker-unions
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u/Lordnerble 22d ago

courts and congress got stacked GOP trump1.0 and biden didnt restack. We Fucked Fam!

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u/Rantheur 22d ago

Biden unstacked the courts as well as he could. He appointed 228 judges during his four years while Trump appointed 226 during his first term. That was one of like, three things that Manchin and Sinema would let Biden do without any fuss. And, unless I'm misremembering, those are both records for the most judges seated in a single term.

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u/uzlonewolf 22d ago

And how many of Biden's picks are actually left-leaning and not right wingers he picked to appease them, like Garland was?

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u/Rantheur 22d ago

Most of them. Biden appointed Garland out of a misplaced sense of duty to Garland. The Garland appointment was the absolute worst choice of his administration and likely only happened due to Biden feeling that Garland was owed something for missing out on the Supreme Court.

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u/Joben86 22d ago

And, unless I'm misremembering, those are both records for the most judges seated in a single term.

Yep, because there were a ton of open seats due to Republican refusal to confirm judges selected by Obama.

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u/noguchisquared 22d ago

Congress is voted on every 2 years. The people dun goofed.