Senate confirms 15 Trump judicial nominees

As of October 11, 2018, the United States Senate has confirmed 84 Article III judges nominated by President Trump, including 2 Associate Justicesof the Supreme Court of the United States, 29 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 57 nominations to Article III courts awaiting Senate action, including 7 for the Courts of Appeals, 48 for the District Courts, and 2 for the Court of International Trade.^[3] There are currently 11 vacancies on the U.S. Courts of Appeals, 106 vacancies on the U.S. District Courts, 2 vacancies on the U.S. Court of International Trade,^[3] and 23 announced federal judicial vacancies that will occur before the end of Trump’s first term (4 for the Courts of Appeals and 19 for District Courts).^[4] Trump has not made any recess appointments to the federal courts.