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The Supreme Court of the United States was established by the Constitution of the United States.Originally, the Judiciary Act of 1789 set the number of justices at six. . However, as the nation's boundaries grew across the continent and as Supreme Court justices in those days had to ride the circuit, an arduous process requiring long travel on horseback or carriage over harsh terrain that ...
There are two vacancies on the U.S. courts of appeals and 30 vacancies on the U.S. district courts, [2] [3] as well as eight announced vacancies that may occur before the end of Biden's term (two for the courts of appeals and six for district courts). [Note 1] [4] Biden has not made any recess appointments to the federal courts.
Senior Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs: New York, NY: 1944 1992–2019 2006–2013 2019–present G.H.W. Bush: 53 Senior Circuit Judge Pierre N. Leval: New York, NY: 1936 1993–2002 — 2002–present Clinton: 54 Senior Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi: New Haven, CT: 1932 1994–2009 — 2009–present Clinton: 55 Senior Circuit Judge José A ...
In the United States, a federal judge is a judge who serves on a court established under Article Three of the U.S. Constitution.Often called "Article III judges", federal judges include the chief justice and associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, circuit judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals, district judges of the U.S. District Courts, and judges of the U.S. Court of International Trade.
District Judge Jay C. Zainey: New Orleans: 1951 2002–present — — G.W. Bush: 54 District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo: New Orleans: 1957 2011–present — — Obama: 55 District Judge Susie Morgan: New Orleans: 1953 2012–present — — Obama: 56 District Judge Barry Ashe: New Orleans: 1956 2018–present — — Trump: 57 District Judge ...
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (in case citations, E.D.N.Y.) is the federal district court whose territorial jurisdiction spans five counties in New York State: the four Long Island counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Kings (Brooklyn), and Queens, as well as Richmond (Staten Island), the latter three being among New York City's five boroughs.
Leslie Abrams Gardner* (born 1974) – Judge of the Middle District of Georgia [1] [20] [22] J. Paul Oetken (born 1965) – Judge of the Southern District of New York [2] Wilhelmina Wright* (born 1964) – Judge of the District of Minnesota and former Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court [26] [21] [22]
When the office was created in 1948, the chief judge was the longest-serving judge who had not elected to retire, on what has since 1958 been known as senior status, or declined to serve as chief judge. After August 6, 1959, judges could not become or remain chief after turning 70 years old.