Category: Federal
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Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for December 2021
In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies in Article III courts during the month of December through Jan. 1, 2022. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS Vacancies: There have been nine new judicial vacancies since the November 2021 report. There are…
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Biden has appointed second-most federal judges through Jan. 1 of a president’s second year in office
President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 40 Article III federal judges through Jan. 1 of his second year in office. This number is the second-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since President Ronald Reagan (R). The Senate had confirmed 19 of President Donald Trump’s (R)…
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President Biden announces two circuit court nominees
President Joe Biden (D) announced his intent to nominate two individuals to federal circuit courts on Dec. 23: Nancy Gbana Abudu, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit J. Michelle Childs, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit To date, Biden has nominated 73 individuals to Article…
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Six national party committees have raised $716 million in 2022 election cycle
Six party committees have raised a combined $716 million over the first ten months of the 2022 election cycle. In November, the committees raised $54 million, according to recent filings with the Federal Election Commission. This was the lowest cumulative fundraising month of the 2022 election cycle. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) raised $12.6…
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Forty members of Congress are not running for re-election
As of Dec. 21, 2021, 40 members of Congress—six members of the U.S. Senate and 34 members of the U.S. House—have announced they will not seek re-election. The latest member to announce their intent to not run in 2022, Lucille Roybal-Allard (D), announced her retirement from the House on Dec. 21. Roybal-Allard represents California’s 40th…
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U.S. Senate confirms nine Article III nominees, two Article I nominees to judgeships
The U.S. Senate confirmed nine of President Joe Biden’s (D) Article III judicial nominees and two of his Article I nominees in votes held on Dec. 17 and 18. The Article III nominees confirmed to lifetime judgeships include: Jane M. Beckering, to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan Mary Katherine Dimke,…
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SCOTUS releases February argument calendar
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) released its February argument calendar for the 2021-2022 term on Dec. 17. The court scheduled seven cases for arguments on the merits between Feb. 22 and March 2, including two cases consolidated for one hour of oral argument. Arguments will be conducted in person, although the court…
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Supreme Court issued rulings in two Texas abortion cases
On December 10, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States issued rulings in a pair of cases related to Texas’ S.B. 8. S.B. 8 restricted abortion procedures after six weeks of pregnancy and authorized private civil right of action related to violations of the law. One case, United States v. Texas, questioned whether the federal…