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John Quincy Adams. Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President John Quincy Adams during his presidency. [1] In total Adams appointed 12 Article III federal judges, including 1 Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States and 11 judges to the United States district courts.
The Constitution does not set any qualifications for service as a justice, thus the president may nominate any individual to serve on the Court. In modern practice, Supreme Court nominations are first referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee before being considered by the full Senate. Since the late 1960s, the committee's examination of a ...
Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President William Howard Taft during his presidency. [1] In total Taft appointed 57 Article III federal judges, among them were: six justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, including the appointment of a sitting associate justice as chief justice, 13 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and ...
The Appointments Clause appears at Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 and provides:... and [the President] shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be ...
The most recent person to join the list was James L. Buckley, who had already been President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and a U.S. Senator when he was appointed to the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals in 1985. The last person to be in office as part of such service, Donald S. Russell, then on the United States Court of ...
Office Nominee Assumed office Left office Office of Justice Programs — Assistant Attorney General (Office of Justice Programs) Amy L. Solomon: May 2, 2023 (Confirmed April 18, 2023, 59–40) [RC 14] July 19, 2024 [13] — Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance. Karhlton F. Moore: February 28, 2022 — — Director of the Bureau of ...
On July 31, 2024, President Joe Biden nominated Neary to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. [3] President Biden nominated Neary to the seat being vacated by Judge Christopher C. Conner, who will retire on January 17, 2025. [4]
Grant's appointments included 4 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 10 judges to the United States circuit courts, and 32 judges to the United States district courts. Grant also appointed Edwin M. Stanton to the Supreme Court in 1869; Stanton was confirmed and his commission was issued, but died before he could accept his ...