President-elect will seek nominees who see robust role for judiciary in addressing national problems, protecting individual rights

WASHINGTONPresident-elect Joe Biden in January will begin an effort to recalibrate the federal judiciary with more liberal appointees who embrace a robust judicial role in addressing national problems and protecting an evolving spectrum of individual rights, a shift from the conservative appointees under President Trump.
Joe Biden thinks the law should be interested in protecting the little person, said Cynthia Hogan, who served as Mr. Bidens counsel when he was vice president and on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Not…