President Donald Trump (R) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed zero Article III federal judges through February 1, 2025, his first year of his second term in office. The average number of federal judges appointed by previous presidents through February 1 of his first year in office is zero.
The Senate had confirmed none of Joe Biden’s (D) appointees at this point in his first term, and none of Donald Trump’s appointees at this point in his first term.
The median number of Supreme Court justices appointed at this time is zero. The median number of United States Court of Appeals appointees is zero, and the median number of United States District Court appointees is zero.
Article III federal judges are appointed for life terms by the president of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate per Article III of the United States Constitution. Article III judges include judges on the: Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. courts of appeal, U.S. district courts, and the Court of International Trade.
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