Tag: Federal Courts
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Biden ties Clinton in second-most Article III judicial confirmations through Dec. 1 of a president’s first year since 1981
President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 28 Article III federal judges through Dec. 1 of his first year in office. Since 1901, Biden has made the third-most Article III appointments of any president by this time in office, tied with President Bill Clinton (D). President John F. Kennedy (D) had…
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Monthly tracker: Article III federal judicial nominations by president by days in office since Jan. 2001
Through Dec. 1, 2021, there were 890 authorized federal judicial posts and 78 vacancies. Seventy-four 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, no new judges have been confirmed. In the past month, 11 new judges…
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Courts block vaccine mandates for healthcare workers, federal contractors
Two federal judges in recent days issued injunctions preventing the enforcement of the Biden administration’s coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and federal contractors in certain states. U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Nov. 29 issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Biden administration from…
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Biden announces two new federal judicial nominees
President Joe Biden (D) announced his intent to nominate two individuals to lifetime Article III judgeships on Nov. 17. With the addition of these two, Biden has nominated a total of 62 individuals to Article III judgeships since the start of his term. To date, 28 of Biden’s nominees have been confirmed by the U.S.…
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U.S. Senate confirms two nominees to lifetime federal judgeships
The U.S. Senate on Nov. 1 confirmed two of President Joe Biden’s (D) federal judicial nominees to lifetime Article III judgeships: Beth Robinson, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, by a vote of 51-45 Toby Heytens, to the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, by a vote…
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President Biden announces new federal judicial nominees
President Joe Biden (D) announced a new slate of nominees to lifetime Article III judgeships on U.S. circuit and district courts on Nov. 3. Leonard Stark, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Jacqueline Corley and Trina Thompson, to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Ruth Bermudez Montenegro,…
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Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for Oct. 2021
In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies in Article III courts during the month of October through Nov. 1. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS Vacancies: There have been three new judicial vacancies since the September 2021 report. There are 74…
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Biden has appointed most federal judges through Nov. 1 of a president’s first year
President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 28 Article III federal judges through Nov. 1 of his first year in office. This is the most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since 1981. The Senate had confirmed 11 of President Donald Trump’s (R) appointees at this point…
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Three nominees confirmed to Article III judgeships
The U.S. Senate on Oct. 26 confirmed three of President Joe Biden’s (D) federal judicial nominees to lifetime Article III judgeships: Jia Cobb, to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, by a vote of 52-45 Patricia Tolliver Giles, to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, by a vote…
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Myrna Pérez confirmed to U.S. circuit court
The U.S. Senate on Oct. 25 confirmed one of President Joe Biden’s (D) federal judicial nominees to a lifetime Article III judgeship: Myrna Pérez, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, by a vote of 48-43 The United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit is one of 13 U.S. courts…