Georgia Senate Win Eases Biden Path on Judicial Nominations (1)

President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees will face a slightly easier path after Raphael Warnock’s reelection win in the Georgia runoff provided Democrats with an outright Senate majority for the next two years.

While Democrats have already been able to confirm Biden’s judicial nominees relatively unencumbered with their current Senate edge made possible by control of the executive branch, a 51-seat majority will alleviate some of the hurdles they encountered with contentious picks.

“We can breathe a sigh of relief,” Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said at a Wednesday press conference. “Obviously judges and nominees will be a lot easier to ...