Trump has already nominated 139 Federal judges, 85 of them were confirmed. He is expected to nominate 100 more federal judges by the end of his first term If McConnell keeps moving all of them will be confirmed by 53 GOP senators, by far the highest number ever
Posted on | January 25, 2019 | No Comments
As of January 23, 2019, the United States Senate has confirmed 85 Article III judges nominated by President Trump, including 2 Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, 30 judges for the United States Courts of Appeals, 53 judges for the United States District Courts, and 0 judges for the United States Court of International Trade.[2] There are currently 54 nominations to Article III courts awaiting Senate action, including 9 for the Courts of Appeals, 43 for the District Courts, and 2 for the Court of International Trade.[3] There are currently 12 vacancies on the U.S. Courts of Appeals, 120 vacancies on the U.S. District Courts, 2 vacancies on the U.S. Court of International Trade,[3] and 19 announced federal judicial vacancies that will occur before the end of Trump’s first term (3 for the Courts of Appeals and 16 for District Courts).[4] Trump has not made any recess appointments to the federal courts.
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