By November 28, 2021, BIDEN had 28 nominees to Article III judicial posts confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
By November 28, 2017, TRUMP-45 had 16 nominees to Article III judicial posts confirmed by the U.S. Senate. This included one U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
As of November 28, 2025, Trump-47 has had 19 nominees to Article III judicial posts confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Apparently, no nominees have been selected for any of the major Article I judicial posts or for the Court of International Trade or for any of the territorial district courts (US Virgin Islands vacancy).
At the start of Trump-47, on January 20, 2025, there were 45 federal judicial vacancies—all were Article III vacancies.
There are now 55 federal judicial vacancies, including: 54 Article III positions, and one Article I position (United States District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands).
There are 874 authorized Article III federal judicial positions (including the Court of International Trade, including Article I district courts in the territories), with 55 vacancies, amounting to a circa 6% vacancy rate.
There is currently ONE vacancy across all federal appellate courts: an EIGHTH Circuit post. As of today, Nov. 28, 2025, there is no nominee.
The State with the greatest number of federal judicial vacancies is Texas: TEN vacancies. One nominee has been put forward for these TEN vacant posts.
November 28, 2025: Vacancies Trump-47 Nominations* Senate Confirmed
US Supreme Court -- 0 0 0
US Federal Circuit Courts -- 1 0 6
US Federal District Courts -- 52 12 13
US Court of Int’l Trade (Art III) 1 0 0
Article I Courts -- 1 0 0
Total -- 55 12 19
Vacancies include current and future vacancies as reported: current, <https://www.uscourts.gov/data-news/judicial-vacancies/current-judicial-vacancies>, and future <https://www.uscourts.gov/data-news/judicial-vacancies/future-judicial-vacancies>.
Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘Trump-47 Judicial Vacancies and Trump-47 Judicial Nominations,’ New Reform Club (UPDATED: Nov. 28, 2025) (Jan. 29, 2025, 3:14 AM), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2025/01/trump-47-judicial-vacancies-and.html>;
*“Nominations” refers to nominations awaiting Senate committee action or action before the full Senate. Posts listed in the “Senate Confirmed” column are not included among “Vacancies” or “Trump-47 Nominations”. Nominations which are announced to the public, but not yet submitted to the Senate are not included in the chart above.
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