Tag: Article III federal judges
-
Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for May 2021
In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies in Article III courts from May 1 to June 1. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS • Vacancies: There have been six new judicial vacancies since the April 2021 report. There are 82 vacancies…
-
President Biden announces intent to nominate six to federal judgeships
President Joe Biden (D) announced his intent to nominate six individuals to Article III judgeships with lifetime terms on May 12: Gustavo Gelpí, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit Eunice Lee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit Veronica Rossman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit Angel Kelley, U.S. District…
-
President Biden nominates three additional individuals to Article III judgeships
President Joe Biden (D) nominated three individuals to Article III judgeships on April 29. With the addition of these three, Biden has nominated a total of 13 individuals to Article III judgeships since the start of his term. At the time of this writing, none of Biden’s Article III nominees have been confirmed by the…
-
President Biden has announced 10 nominations for Article III judgeships
President Joe Biden (D) has announced his intent to nominate 10 individuals to Article III courts for lifetime judgeships as of April 1. As of this writing, the official nominations have not yet been submitted to the U.S. Senate. For comparison with the previous administration, President Donald Trump (R) made his first Article III judicial…
-
Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for January 2021
In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies to all United States Article III federal courts from January 1 to February 1, 2021. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS Vacancies: There have been 11 new judicial vacancies since the December 2020 report.…
-
President Biden has not made any federal judicial appointments through February 1 of his first year in office
As of February 1, 2021, President Joe Biden (D) had not appointed any Article III federal judges. The average number of federal judges appointed by a president through February 1 of their first year in office is zero. Through the first year in office, President Ronald Reagan (R) made the most appointments with 41, and…
-
Ballotpedia’s Daily Brew: Biden to inherit fewest judicial vacancies since 1989
A look at judicial vacancies and appointments under Trump From time to time, we’ve brought you updates on the federal judges who have been nominated and confirmed under the Trump administration. With inauguration day tomorrow, let’s wrap up the numbers of the 45th President with a look at where things stand today. Vacancies President Trump…
-
Trump has appointed second-most federal judges through December 31 of a president’s fourth year
Donald Trump has appointed and the U.S. Senate has confirmed 234 Article III federal judges through December 31, 2020, his fourth year in office. This is the second-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since Jimmy Carter (D). The Senate had confirmed 261 of Carter’s appointees at this point in his…
-
Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for December
In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies to all United States Article III federal courts from December 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS Vacancies: There have been no new judicial vacancies since the November 2020…
-
Trump has appointed second-most federal judges through December 1 of a president’s fourth year
Donald Trump has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 227 Article III federal judges through December 1, 2020, his fourth year in office. This is the second-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since Jimmy Carter (D). The Senate had confirmed 260 of Carter’s appointees at this point in his term.…