There were 45 vacancies out of 890 authorized federal judicial posts as of October 31, 2024. All of those vacancies were for Article III judgeships. This report is limited to Article III courts, where appointees are confirmed to lifetime judgeships. From September 24 to October 31, 2024: By October 31—1,381 days in office—President Joe Biden…
There were 44 vacancies out of 890 authorized federal judicial posts as of September 18, 2024. All 44 of those were for Article III judgeships. This report is limited to Article III courts, where appointees are confirmed to lifetime judgeships. From August 1 to September 18, 2024: By September 18, 2024—1,338 days in office—President Joe…
There were 46 vacancies out of 890 authorized federal judicial posts as of August 2, 2024. All 46 vacancies were for Article III judgeships, where appointees are confirmed to lifetime terms. From June 27, 2024, through August 1, 2024: By August 1, 2024—1,290 days in office—President Joe Biden (D) had nominated 247 judges to Article…
President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the U.S. Senate has confirmed 205 Article III federal judges through August 1, 2024, his fourth year in office. This is the most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since Ronald Reagan (R). The Senate had confirmed 202 of President Donald Trump’s (R) appointees…
President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 201 Article III federal judges throughJuly 1, 2024, his fourth year in office. This is the most Article III judicial appointments made through this point in all presidencies since Ronald Reagan (R). The Senate had confirmed 200 of President Donald Trump’s (R) appointees at…
There were 890 authorized federal judicial posts and 46 vacancies through June 27, 2024. Forty-five of those were for Article III judgeships. This report is limited to Article III courts, where appointees are confirmed to lifetime judgeships. From June 1, 2024, through June 27, 2024: By June 27, 2024—1,255 days in office—President Joe Biden (D)…
There were 43 vacancies out of 890 authorized federal judicial posts through April 30, 2024. Forty-two of those were for Article III judgeships. This report is limited to Article III courts, where appointees are confirmed to lifetime judgeships. From March 2 through April 30: By April 30, 2024—1,197 days in office—President Joe Biden (D) had…
President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the U.S. Senate has confirmed 190 Article III federal judges through April 1, 2024, his fourth year in office. This is the second-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since Ronald Reagan (R). The average number of federal judges appointed by previous presidents through…
There were 59 vacancies in the 890 authorized federal judicial posts as of January 31, 2024. Fifty-eight of those were for Article III judgeships. This report is limited to Article III courts, where appointees are confirmed to lifetime judgeships. From December 14, 2023, to January 31, 2024: By January 31, 2024—1,107 days in office—President Joe…
As of December 13, 2023, there were 64 vacancies in the 890 authorized federal judicial posts. Sixty-three of those vacancies were for Article III judgeships. This report is limited to Article III courts, where appointees are confirmed to lifetime judgeships. From November 13 through December 13, 2023: By December 13, 2023—1,058 days in office—President Joe…