All in all, the pace of the Senate is not surprisingly fast, nor slow. But if they keep up this pace of confirming judges, the rest won’t matter.
Trump already-—ALREADY-—has named 25% of the US circuit court judges in 17 months and will have 2 more coming next week.
There are 179 Judgeships authorized for the US Court of Appeals. Trump has made the best progress with this level. But I don’t think he has had 25% of these positions filled with CONFIRMED nominees.
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There are 677 judgeships authorized for US District Courts. His progress at getting McConnell to CONFIRM nominees to this level leaves much to be desired. IMHO, McConnell has done a piss poor job of getting confirmation votes.
There are currently 146 total Judicial vacancies with 80 nominees pending. Let;s not make excuses for McConnelk not moving faster.