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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 ...
On September 22, 2011, President Obama nominated Nguyen to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. [12] The Senate confirmed Nguyen by a 91–3 vote on May 7, 2012. [13] She received her commission on May 14, 2012. [5] She is the first Asian-American female to serve as a federal appellate judge. [14]
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 telephoned Judge Sotomayor at 9 pm EST on May 25 to alert her that she was his choice. [37] Later that night, he called the other three finalists and informed them of his decision. [37] Obama announced the nomination the next morning in the East Room of the White House in a press conference alongside Sotomayor and Joe Biden. [1]
President Joe Biden marked yet another historic moment for his administration in his final days in office on Monday when the U.S. Senate confirmed his 40th Black female judge to the federal bench.
Marilyn Horan: On July 30, 2015, President Obama nominated Judge Horan to serve as a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, to the seat vacated by Terrence F. McVerry, who assumed senior status on September 30, 2013. [265] She received a hearing on December 9, 2015. [277]
The ex-West Virginia county official that called former First Lady Michelle Obama an “ape in heels” has pleaded guilty to defrauding FEMA.