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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.
Unlike the 2016 campaign, Trump did not release a list of potential Supreme Court nominees during the 2024 campaign. [4] Names that have been suggested as likely nominees for Supreme Court seat in Trump's second term include a number of court of appeals judges, many of whom were appointed to their seats by Trump in his first term:
[335] At the age of 33, she is the youngest judge chosen by Trump for a lifetime appointment. [338] [339] [340] On September 9, 2020, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [341] On October 22, 2020, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–0 vote, with all Democratic senators boycotting it. [342]
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 ...
In many instances, the number of judgeships appointed is greater than the number of people appointed as judges, because a president may appoint the same person as a judge to different courts over the course of their presidency. For example, Donald Trump appointed Amy Coney Barrett to the Seventh Circuit, and later appointed her to the Supreme ...
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 latest test to landmark civil rights law is a ‘travesty for democracy’ that could head to the Supreme Court
President Donald Trump, a Republican, appointed Lewis J. Liman, a Democrat, as a U.S. federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. President Donald Trump, a Republican, appointed Mary S. McElroy, a Democrat, as a U.S. federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.