Tag: Donald Trump Article III federal judges
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Tracker: Article III federal judicial nominations by president by days in office since 2001
There were 50 vacancies out of 890 authorized federal judicial posts as of Sept. 30. Forty-nine of those were for Article III judgeships. This report is limited to Article III courts, where appointees are confirmed to lifetime judgeships. In the past month: By Sept. 30—254 days in office—President Donald Trump (R) had nominated 26 judges…
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President Trump has appointed five federal judges through August 1 of the first year of his second term
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…