Tag: Federal Courts
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Monthly tracker: Article III federal judicial nominations by president by days in office since 2001
Through April 1, 2022, there were 890 authorized federal judicial posts and 74 vacancies. Seventy-two 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, 12 judges have been confirmed In the past month, no judges have been nominated*…
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Upcoming Article III Judicial Vacancies
According to the latest vacancy data from the U.S. Courts, there were 34 total announced upcoming vacancies for Article III judgeships. Article III judgeships refer to federal judges who serve on one of the 13 U.S. courts of appeal, 94 U.S. district courts, and on the Court of International Trade. These are lifetime appointments made…
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Monthly tracker: Article III federal judicial nominations by president by days in office since 2001
Through March 1, 2022, there were 890 authorized federal judicial posts and 80 vacancies. Seventy-eight of those vacancies were for Article III judgeships. This report is limited to Article III courts, where appointees are confirmed to lifetime judgeships. In the past month, one judge has been confirmed In the past month, two judges have been…
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President Biden nominates eight to Article III courts
President Joe Biden (D) nominated eight individuals to Article III judgeships with lifetime terms on Jan. 19: Arianna Freeman, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Tiffany Cartwright, to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington Ana de Alba, to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of…
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Nominee confirmed to Ninth Circuit
The U.S. Senate confirmed one of President Joe Biden’s (D) federal judicial nominees to a lifetime Article III judgeship on Jan. 12: Gabriel Sanchez, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, by a vote of 52-47 The Ninth Circuit is one of 13 U.S. courts of appeal. They are the intermediate appellate…
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Monthly tracker: Article III federal judicial nominations by president by days in office since 2001
Through Jan. 1, 2022, there were 890 authorized federal judicial posts and 76 vacancies. Seventy-four 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, 12 judges have been confirmed In the past month, 11 judges have been nominated*.…
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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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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,…