The editorial board of The New York Times is calling on the Senate to confirm “as many judges as possible” before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in, warning that he will fill every position left open with “extreme judges.”

“Many of his appointees went on to limit the ability to vote, upend fundamental reproductive rights, and reduce oversight and checks on the power of the executive branch,” the editorial board wrote Tuesday about Trump’s first-term choices for judgeships.

The board added that the federal courts will hear cases challenging “virtually all of the most extreme plans” Trump has announced, including using the military in his plan for mass deportation of immigrants, refusing to spend money appropriated by Congress, and “politicizing the Justice Department to go after his perceived enemies.”

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