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Due to the unpredictability of such circumstances, deaths of judges in active service are more likely to lead to judicial appointment controversies (where one party resists the confirmation of a judge appointed by a president of the other party); such deaths occasionally change the structure of the court itself, as legislators may seek to avoid changing the balance of a particular court by ...
Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Jimmy Carter during his presidency. [1] In total Carter appointed 262 Article III federal judges, including 56 judges to the courts of appeals, 203 judges to the United States district courts, 2 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 1 judge to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
As of January 2, 2025, the United States Senate has confirmed 235 Article III judges nominated by Biden: one associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 45 judges for the United States courts of appeals, 187 judges for the United States district courts and two judges for the United States Court of International Trade. There are ...
President George W. Bush nominated Cooke to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on November 25, 2003, to the seat vacated by Wilkie D. Ferguson. She was confirmed by the Senate on May 18, 2004, by a vote of 96–0. Cooke received her commission the same day. She is the first black woman federal judge in Florida ...
Bazelon served as Chief Judge from October 9, 1962 to March 27, 1978. [9] [10] He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1963 to 1977. [1] He assumed senior status on June 30, 1979. [1] He was the last appeals court judge remaining in active service appointed by President Truman.
In 2021, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio recommended Leibowitz to the Biden administration to be a federal judge. [4] On November 1, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Leibowitz to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott shakes hands with newly appointed Eighth Division Business Court Justice Jerry Bullard following his official swearing in ceremony at the Texas A&M Law School in ...
After law school, Dershowitz clerked for Judge David L. Bazelon (pictured), whom he has described as one of his most influential mentors.. After graduating from law school, Dershowitz was a law clerk for chief judge David L. Bazelon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1962 to 1963. [8]