Joe Biden

==== Judiciary ====
{{Further|List of federal judges appointed by Joe Biden}}
[[File:P20220407AS-0337 (52068715434).jpg|thumb|Biden and [[Ketanji Brown Jackson]] watching the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] vote on her confirmation, April 2022|alt=Photo of Biden and Jackson looking at an off-camera television screen]]

By the end of 2021, 40 of [[List of federal judges appointed by Joe Biden|Biden's appointees]] to the federal judiciary had been confirmed, more than any president in his first year in office since [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Raymond |first1=Nate |date=December 28, 2021 |title=Biden finishes 2021 with most confirmed judicial picks since Reagan |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/biden-finishes-2021-with-most-confirmed-judicial-picks-since-reagan-2021-12-28/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201053907/https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/biden-finishes-2021-with-most-confirmed-judicial-picks-since-reagan-2021-12-28/ |archive-date=February 1, 2022 |access-date=February 1, 2022 |work=Reuters}}</ref> Biden has prioritized diversity in his judicial appointments more than any president in U.S. history, with most of his appointees being women and people of color.<ref>{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Carrie |date=December 28, 2021 |title=Biden had a productive year picking federal judges. The job could get tougher in 2022 |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/12/28/1067206141/biden-federal-judges-nominations-diverse |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204171925/https://www.npr.org/2021/12/28/1067206141/biden-federal-judges-nominations-diverse |archive-date=February 4, 2022 |access-date=February 1, 2022 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref> Most of his appointments have been in [[blue states]], making a limited impact since the courts in these states already generally lean liberal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mejía |first1=Elena |date=December 7, 2021 |title=How Biden Is Reshaping The Courts |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-biden-is-reshaping-the-courts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204070719/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-biden-is-reshaping-the-courts/ |archive-date=February 4, 2022 |access-date=February 1, 2022 |website=FiveThirtyEight}}</ref>

In January 2022, Supreme Court justice [[Stephen Breyer]], a moderate liberal nominated by [[Bill Clinton]], announced his intention to retire from the Supreme Court. During his 2020 campaign, Biden vowed to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court if a vacancy occurred,<ref>{{cite web |last=Totenberg |first=Nina |date=January 26, 2022 |title=Justice Stephen Breyer, an influential liberal on the Supreme Court, to retire |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/01/26/1075781724/justice-stephen-breyer-supreme-court-retires |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204091216/https://www.npr.org/2022/01/26/1075781724/justice-stephen-breyer-supreme-court-retires |archive-date=February 4, 2022 |access-date=February 1, 2022 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref> a promise he reiterated after Breyer announced his retirement.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chung |first1=Andrew |last2=Hurley |first2=Lawrence |last3=Holland |first3=Steve |date=January 28, 2022 |title=Biden vows to nominate Black woman to U.S. Supreme Court by end of February |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/retiring-us-justice-breyer-appear-with-biden-white-house-2022-01-27/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202194132/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/retiring-us-justice-breyer-appear-with-biden-white-house-2022-01-27/ |archive-date=February 2, 2022 |access-date=February 1, 2022 |work=Reuters}}</ref> On February 25, [[Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nomination|Biden nominated]] federal judge [[Ketanji Brown Jackson]] to the Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite press release |date=February 25, 2022 |title=President Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Serve as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/02/25/president-biden-nominates-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-serve-as-associate-justice-of-the-u-s-supreme-court/ |publisher=[[White House Office]] |access-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228102827/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/02/25/president-biden-nominates-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-serve-as-associate-justice-of-the-u-s-supreme-court/ |url-status=live}}</ref> She was confirmed by the [[U.S. Senate]] on April 7<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baker |first1=Sam |last2=Gonzalez |first2=Oriana |date=April 7, 2022 |title=Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as first Black female Supreme Court justice |url=https://www.axios.com/ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-biden-5aaba226-c0e0-43f6-8952-a803c9c0e29c.html |access-date=April 8, 2022 |website=[[Axios (website)|Axios]]}}</ref> and sworn in on June 30.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bustillo |first1=Ximena |date=June 30, 2022 |title=Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on the Supreme Court |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/06/30/1108714345/ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-oath-swearing-in |access-date=July 5, 2022 |publisher=NPR}}</ref> By November 2023, Biden had confirmed 150 federal judges, including 100 women.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 7, 2023 |title=Senate confirms Biden's 150th judge |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/senate-confirms-bidens-150th-judge-rcna123849 |access-date=November 21, 2023 |agency=NBC News}}</ref>