President Biden's Impact on the First Circuit Federal Judiciary

 I have begun an exploration, as the final year of the first term of Biden's Presidency is coming to a close--and with no guarantee of a second term--of his impact on the Federal Judiciary.  It is not an exhaustive look at the case law or anything like that--the jury, as they say, is still out on the details.  But we can look at the "look" of the courts from the point of view of 1) Gender, and 2) Racial/Ethnic Diversity of the judges that Biden has chosen.

Before he was elected President, where did things stand?  Now that he's more or less done what he can do place his mark on the third branch of government, were are we?

Lets look at this by Circuit starting with the first.  The First Circuit is the smallest by any reasonable measure.  It encompasses more of traditional New England and the territory of Puerto Rico. At just six judges, the Appellate level is the smallest be far of the 13 Article III courts.  Massachusetts is the largest of the District Courts with 13 judicial seats.

Historically, it was formed by a breaking apart of itself in 1891--with the older portion of the circuit going into the Second Circuit.  Ergo, all of the history of the Appellate Court for these states/territories fulls under other Circuits prior to 1891.  Weird, right?  In this break-up, the power centers moved to New York City and Philadelphia, leaving Boston behind.

It could be argued that the Biden administration has orchestrated a similar paradigm shift.  In the past 3-plus years, the first Circuit has become the first Federal Judicial Circuit in the United States to have a majority of it's judges being women.  People.  This is a cause to celebrate!