AdvertisementBiden had a productive year picking federal judges. The job could get tougher in 2022December 28, 2021Carrie JohnsonfacebookEmailFrom left: Julien Xavier Neals, nominee to be U.S. district judge for the District of New Jersey; Zahid Quraishi, nominee to be judge for the District of New Jersey; and Regina Rodriguez, nominee to be judge for the District of Colorado, are sworn in during an April 28 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Quraishi has become the first Muslim American federal judge. (AP)