President Donald Trump (R) has appointed, and the Senate has confirmed, 37 Article III federal judges through May 1 of the second year of his second term in office. This is the third-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidents’ second terms since President Bill Clinton (D). The average number of federal judges appointed by previous presidents through May 1 of the second year of their second term is 50.
By May 1 of the secondyear of his second term, President Barack Obama (D) had the most appointees confirmed with 73, and President George W. Bush (R) had the fewest confirmations with 33.
The only president to have appointed a Supreme Court justice by this point of his second term was George W. Bush, who appointed two.
The average number of U.S. Court of Appeals appointees is 10. Obama appointed the most with 15, and Trump appointed the fewest with six.
The average number of U.S. District Court appointees is 39. Obama appointed the most with 56, and George W. Bush appointed the fewest with 22.
Article III federal judges are appointed for life terms by the president of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate under Article III of the United States Constitution. They include judges on the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. courts of appeal, U.S. district courts, and the U.S. Court of International Trade.
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