Senate Confirms 9 BIDEN-nominated Judges Since the Election

 

                         Federal Judicial Appointments Record

                              TRUMP-45        BIDEN (11/7)       BIDEN (11/22/2024)

Supreme Court of the U.S.:             3                            1                                  1

U.S. Courts of Appeals:                 54                          44                                45

U.S. District Courts:                    174                        166                              173

U.S. Court of Int’l Trade:                3                            2                                  2

ARTICLE III TOTAL               234                        213                              221

Article I Specialty Courts:             26                          16                                17

Article IV Territorial Courts:           1                            1                                  1

 

Total Judicial Positions:            261                        230                              239

 

There are 874 authorized Article III judicial posts. Both Trump-45 and Biden have appointed more than 25% of the number of authorized posts. More than half the Article III positions were filled during the last 8 years!

Currently, it appears that Trump-45 made more federal judicial appointments of every type than Biden made. (Except for Article IV Territorial Courts—where Trump and Biden both made a single appointment.) And, at this juncture, November 21, 2024, there are 48 federal judicial vacancies** to Article III courts, with 17 Biden nominees’ confirmations pending before the U.S. Senate. See <https://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-vacancies/current-judicial-vacancies>, and, <https://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-vacancies/future-judicial-vacancies>. 

The lame duck U.S. Senate and Biden, the lame duck U.S. President, might now push forward, and so it is possible that over the course of the next several weeks Biden’s record might (further) improve. But even if all 17 outstanding Biden nominees are confirmed and appointed, Biden will still fail to make as many judicial appointments as Trump-45 had made. 

(source: Wikipedia)

 

Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘Senate Confirms 9 BIDEN-nominated Judges Since the Election,’ New Reform Club (Nov. 7, 2024, 6:56 AM) (Updated Nov. 22, 2024), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2024/11/trump-45-v-biden-federal-judicial.html>;

 

Note: the U.S. Court of International Trade is an Article III court.

*As vacancies, I am counting current vacancies, and also future vacancies which will take effect on or prior to January 3, 2025 (while the U.S. Senate still has a majority of Democrats).