In recent years, federal court appointments have been characterized by intense partisan or ideological effort to support or defeat the candidate.
Federal judges are nominated by the President and then approved by the Senate. The Judiciary is a very important branch because they can strike down a law if they find it to be unconstitutional.
For this reason, the Democrats(liberals) and the Republicans(conservatives) have mounted intense campaigns to either get judges appointed that ideologically lean towards the ideals of their party or defeat judges that do not align with their party's views.
This is to ensure that only laws that are favorable to their party will be ruled as Constitutional. The nation saw this firsthand during the appointment of Justice Barrett Amy Coney when the Democrats in the Senate tried their best to derail her appointment.
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