In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from Aug. 2 through Sept. 1, 2025. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS New vacancies There were 50 vacancies out of 870 active Article III judicial positions, a total vacancy percentage of 5.7, which…
President Donald Trump (R) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed five Article III federal judges through September 1, 2025, his first year of his second term in office. This is the fewest Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidents’ second terms since Bill Clinton (D). The average number of federal judges…
In this month’s state supreme court vacancy update, Ballotpedia tracked announced retirements, nominations, appointments, confirmations, and the swearing-in of justices from Aug. 1 to Sept. 1, 2025. Ballotpedia tracks court vacancies in all 52 state supreme courts. Announced retirements: During August 2025, two justices announced their future retirement from office, and one justice died in…
President Donald Trump (R) announced on August 12, 2025, his intention to nominate Alabama Supreme Court Justice Bill Lewis to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. This marks the first potential judicial elevation from a state supreme court since March 2023. The last state supreme court justice to be successfully…
In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from July 2, 2025, to August 1, 2025. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS New vacancies There were 47 vacancies out of 870 active Article III judicial positions, a total vacancy percentage of 5.4,…
President Donald Trump (R) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed five Article III federal judges through August 1, 2025. This is the fewest Article III judicial appointments through this point in a president’s second term since Bill Clinton (D). The average number of federal judges appointed by previous presidents at this point in their…
In this month’s state supreme court vacancy update, Ballotpedia tracked announced retirements, nominations, appointments, confirmations, and the swearing-in of justices from July 1, 2025, to July 31, 2025. Ballotpedia tracks court vacancies in all 52 state supreme courts. Announced retirements: During July 2025, no state supreme court justices announced upcoming retirements. Candidates nominated, appointed, and…
The U.S. Senate has not yet confirmed any of President Donald Trump’s (R) Article III federal judicial nominees through July 1, 2025, his first year of his second term in office. This is the fewest number of Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidents’ second terms since Bill Clinton (D). The average…
In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from June 2, 2025, to July 1, 2025. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS New vacancies There were 49 vacancies out of 870 active Article III judicial positions, a total vacancy percentage of 5.6,…
In this month’s state supreme court vacancy update, Ballotpedia tracked announced retirements, nominations, appointments, confirmations, and the swearing-in of justices from June 1 to June 30, 2025. Ballotpedia tracks vacancies in all 52 state supreme courts. Justice retirements: One justice stepped down from her state’s highest court in June 2025. On June 27, Beth Walker…