Democrats are planning an aggressive push to fill as many federal judicial vacancies as possible before Republicans take control of Congress on Jan. 3 and President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in Jan. 20, Newsweek reported Tuesday.

The news comes a day after the White House reportedly dismissed demands from Trump to put a stop to judicial confirmations during the lame-duck session of Congress, which began Tuesday.

“While still in charge of the Senate and the White House, we must do all we can to safeguard our democracy,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wrote in a Time magazine editorial published Nov. 7. “Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer must use every minute of the end-of-year legislative session to confirm federal judges and key regulators — none of whom can be removed by the next president.”

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