DEMOCRATS' SENATE WINS CRIPPLE TRUMP'S PUSH TO RESHAPE THE COURTS

The Republicans' failure to keep control of the US Senate in Tuesday's midterm elections also ends an era of rapid judicial appointments for President Donald Trump's party that it has used to reshape the federal courts with conservative judges.

Since Trump returned to the White House last year, he has ​relied on the Republican-led Senate to easily confirm 56 new, life-tenured judges, adding to the 234 judicial appointments he made during his ‌first four years in office.

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