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Biden had the most Article III judicial nominees confirmed during a president's first year in office since Ronald Reagan in 1981. [5] Biden appointed the most federal judges during the first two years of any presidency since John F. Kennedy. [6] Biden reached the milestone of 200 federal judicial confirmations on May 22, 2024.
As the first president, George Washington appointed the entire federal judiciary. His record of eleven Supreme Court appointments still stands. Ronald Reagan appointed 383 federal judges, more than any other president. Following is a list indicating the number of Article III federal judicial appointments made by each president of the United ...
[CV 13] [111] Senator Manchin's no vote was the first time any Democrat has opposed one of President Biden's judicial nominees on the Senate floor. [ 112 ] Embry Kidd (of Florida ): On May 8, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Kidd to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the ...
Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden secured his 235th appointment to the federal judiciary on Friday, narrowly surpassing President-elect Donald Trump's first-term tally by one with a record ...
Biden’s judicial nominations have included more women, ... the first Black and Asian American woman to serve as a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California ...
President Joe Biden’s latest slate of judicial nominations includes a New York-based litigator who would be the first Muslim-American to serve on any federal appeals court.
President Biden will make many nominations to key roles in the Department of Justice, including the attorney general, deputy attorney general, and solicitor general.As with all other nominations, almost all of them have to be confirmed by the United States Senate before they can start their service.
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 ...