Category: Federal
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Federal Register weekly update: 300 significant documents issued so far in 2023
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity, accounting for both regulatory and deregulatory actions. From June 19, 2023, through June 23, 2023, the Federal Register grew by 1,526 pages for…
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U.S. weekly unemployment insurance claims unchanged at 262,000
New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits for the week ending June 10 were unchanged from the previous week’s revised number at 262,000. The four-week moving average as of June 10 increased 9,250 from the previous week’s revised number to 246,750. The average is the highest since November 20, 2021. The number of continuing unemployment…
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Biden administration has the highest number of Article III judicial nominees with well-qualified ABA ratings in the last 30 years
President Joe Biden’s (D) administration has had the highest number of Article III judicial nominees with Well Qualified ABA ratings in the last 30 years with 165. President Donald Trump (R) had the most Qualified judicial nominees with 79. He also had the most Not Qualified nominees with 6. Including renominations, the number of Well…
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Chief Justice John Roberts on track to write 2nd-fewest opinions in 2022-2023 term
United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has authored two of the 36 opinions for the 2022-2023 term as of June 16, 2023, which is the fewest authored opinions of all justices. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett have authored five, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Elena Kagan have…
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More U.S. House races now featuring major-party competition
Over the past decade, the percentage of U.S. House of Representatives elections with only a Democrat or a Republican on the ballot has dropped in a majority of the election cycles and below the past century’s average. Here is the recent breakdown: 2014: 17.5% (36 races without a Democratic candidate and 40 without a Republican)…
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Trump maintains lead in Republican presidential primary polling and Predict market
As of June 19, 2023, former President Donald Trump (R) holds a lead in both RealClearPolitics’ (RCP) Republican presidential primary polling average and PredictIt’s Republican presidential primary market. Trump’s polling average currently stands at 52%, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at 21%. No other candidate has more than a 10% polling average. In…
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Biden administration seeks to dismiss lawsuit challenging ESG retirement plan rule
The Biden administration on June 5 moved to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it by states challenging a Department of Labor rule on the use of ESG factors in investment-related decisions for retirement funds governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The states filed suit earlier this year, arguing that the…
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Federal Register weekly update: 580 documents added
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity, accounting for both regulatory and deregulatory actions. From June 12, 2023, through June 16, 2023, the Federal Register grew by 1,788 pages for…
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Tracker: Article III federal judicial nominations by president by days in office since 2001
Through June 12, 2023, there were 890 authorized federal judicial posts and 76 vacancies. Seventy-five of those were for Article III judgeships. This report is limited to Article III courts, where appointees are confirmed to lifetime judgeships. Since May 1: By June 1, 863 days in office, President Joe Biden (D) had nominated 164 judges…
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Federal Register weekly update: Highest weekly final rule total so far in 2023
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity, accounting for both regulatory and deregulatory actions. From June 5, 2023, through June 9, 2023, the Federal Register grew by 1,538 pages for…