judgeships around the country. the latest is a guy named thomas farr. he's up for a district court in north carolina's eastern district. he started his career as counsel for north carolina senator jesse helms, a former leader named him jim crow, senior. a thinly veiled voter suppression campaign in 1990, they sent out post cards with incorrect voting registration information to african-american voters. but we didn't really know or hear about any of this until after farr had gotten through committee and was well on his way to senate confirmation. the trump administration has been very successful in pushing through controversial nominations like farr's with almost no scrutiny. in just his first six months in office, trump picked 27 lower court judges, more than twice as many as presidents reagan, h.w. bush and clinton combined. and his nominees are remarkable for another reason as well. because by and large they're far younger than the picks of previous presidents. meaning they'll sit on the bench