Trump-47 Judicial Vacancies and Trump-47 Judicial Nominations (UPDATED)

At the start of Trump-47, on January 20, 2025, there were 45 federal judicial vacancies—all were Article III vacancies.

There are now 61 federal judicial vacancies, including: 60 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, and also Article I federal district courts in the territories), with 61 vacancies, amounting to a 7% vacancy rate. 

There are currently SIX vacancies across five federal appellate courts: 1st Circuit, 3d Circuit (two vacancies), 6th Circuit, 7th Circuit, and 9th Circuit.

The State with the greatest number of federal judicial vacancies is TEXAS: 8 vacancies.

To date, Trump-47 has sent NINE nominations to the U.S. Senate to fill vacant federal judicial positions. This includes TWO nominations to the federal appellate courts, and NINE nominations to the federal district courts, that is, FOUR nominations to Missouri federal district courts, and FIVE nominations to Florida federal district courts. The five nominations to the Florida federal district courts were sent to the Senate on or about June 16, 2025. 

 

                                    June 18, 2025 vacancies              June 18, 2025 Trump-47 nominations

US Supreme Court --                    0                                   0

US Federal Circuit Courts --        6                                    2

US Federal District Courts --     54                                    9

Article I Courts --                         1*                                  0

Total --                                        61                                    11 

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: June 18, 2025) (Jan. 29, 2025, 3:14 AM), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2025/01/trump-47-judicial-vacancies-and.html>; 

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 will be the 100th day of the Trump-47 administration.

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