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The total number of Obama Article III judgeship nominees to be confirmed by the United States Senate is 329, including two justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 55 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, 268 judges to the United States district courts, and four judges to the United States Court of International Trade.
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 ...
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.
Obama conducted hour-long one-on-one interviews with the four finalists, meeting with Wood and Kagan on May 19, and Sotomayor and Napolitano on May 21. [37] Vice President Joe Biden also interviewed the four finalists. [37] Obama telephoned Judge Sotomayor at 9 pm EST on May 25 to alert her that she was his choice. [37]
Over the course of their two terms in office, President Barack Obama and Clinton each appointed 62 Black judges. During his first term, President Trump appointed only two Black women out of 234 ...
On May 26, 2009, President Barack Obama announced his selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to replace retiring Justice David Souter. Sotomayor's nomination was submitted to the United States Senate on June 1, 2009, when the 111th Congress reconvened after its Memorial Day recess.
Obama said he had a problem with men who are "coming up with all kinds of excuses" to sit out the election or to vote for Trump.
In January 2009, Barack Obama became the first Black president of the United States. We rate this claim as FALSE, based on our research. Our fact-check sources: