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There are three vacancies on the U.S. courts of appeals and 40 vacancies on the U.S. district courts, [2] [3] as well as ten announced vacancies that may occur before the end of Trump's term (one for the courts of appeals and nine for district courts). [Note 1] [4] [5] Trump has not made any recess appointments to the federal courts.
To date, Ronald Reagan has appointed the largest number of federal judges, with 383, followed closely by Bill Clinton with 378. Jimmy Carter has appointed the most federal judges in a single term, with 262, followed by Joe Biden and Donald Trump, with 235 and 234 appointments, respectively. [2]
[12] As of July 2020, the judges appointed by Trump are "85% white and 76% male; less than 5% are African-American,” as a result of which the federal judiciary has become "less diverse" compared to previous administrations, according to an analysis by The Conversation. [13]
Trump appointed 226 federal and appellate court judges during his first White House term, just under Biden's total.. Biden also placed one justice on the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, the ...
Federal judges first; second; Gorsuch; Kavanaugh; ... Trump v. United States; New York felony conviction for falsifying business records. ... (Appointed September 15 ...
Trump has already made a major mark on the judiciary having nominated 234 federal judges during his first term. Three of those were Supreme Court justices, meaning Trump has appointed one-third of ...
The Democratic-led Senate confirmed four new circuit court judges in the last two weeks, most recently U.S. District Judge Florence Pan to the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ...
Because it covers Manhattan, the Southern District of New York has long been one of the most active and influential federal trial courts in the United States. It often has jurisdiction over America's largest financial institutions and prosecution of white-collar crime and other federal crimes. [ 1 ]