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Two Judges Confirmed This Week

Posted on 05/11/2019 3:11:34 AM PDT by cotton1706

This will be a weekly post.

Count is now 104 judges confirmed.

63 District Court judges

39 Circuit Court judges

2 Supreme Court justices

The two judges confirmed were for the 2nd circuit, the New York circuit!! There will be two more vacancies after June as two judges take senior status. If Trump fills these seats the 2nd circuit will flip to majority Republican appointees!

Have you noticed better rulings from the 9th circuit lately? This is due to Trump appointees. And there are currently three more nominees pending in the Senate (two on the floor, one in committee).

And June is coming. Will Ginsburg retire?


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; federalistsociety; judges; judiciary
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1 posted on 05/11/2019 3:11:34 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

There are 144 vacancies. Only 57 nominations. Does Trump plan to nominate for the other 87 anytime soon? Many seats have been vacant several years.

Vacancies in the Federal Judiciary

116th Congress

Last updated on 05/11/2019

Total Vacancies:144

Total Nominees Pending:57

https://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-vacancies/current-judicial-vacancies


2 posted on 05/11/2019 4:34:40 AM PDT by SMGFan ("God love ya! What am I talking about")
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To: cotton1706

Will Ginsburg retire? NOPE!!!

She’ll go out on a gurney in a bag. But, I don’t think she’s alive anyway, I think it’s body double.

86 yrs old .... lung cancer .... can’t stay awake for State of the Union .... and after lung cancer surgery dashes into the courtroom, like a spring chicken.

From a February article:

At 85, Ginsburg sometimes appears frail, moving at a slow shuffle with her head slumped at the shoulders. But her entrance in the courtroom Tuesday was unusually vigorous. She darted quickly to her seat beside Chief Justice John Roberts with her head aloft, cheeks locked in a broad smile.

Should it start to make us wonder if, in addition to the 2 or 3-Tiered Justice System we have, do we also have a, 2 or 3-Teired Healthcare system, where certain folks can get Star Trek level medical care and the rest of us don’t. She isn’t the only one. Jimmy Carter is in his 90s, diagnosed with brain cancer and is walking around like nothing happened. Hmmmm......


3 posted on 05/11/2019 4:34:56 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: cotton1706

Future Vacancies in the Federal Judiciary

116th Congress

Last updated on05/11/2019

Total Vacancies:14

https://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-vacancies/future-judicial-vacancies


4 posted on 05/11/2019 4:36:34 AM PDT by SMGFan ("God love ya! What am I talking about")
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To: cotton1706

I hear Thomas and Alito May retire. I say good. Replace with 40 year olds.


5 posted on 05/11/2019 4:58:20 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: cotton1706
Have you noticed better rulings from the 9th circuit lately? This is due to Trump appointees. And there are currently three more nominees pending in the Senate (two on the floor, one in committee)
One of those 9th Circuit nominees is scheduled for confirmation next week. #Winning
6 posted on 05/11/2019 5:18:59 AM PDT by Qout
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To: Qout

Excellent!

Does anybody have a breakdown of how many Circuit Court vacancies remain or will become vacant?


7 posted on 05/11/2019 5:45:52 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: cotton1706

Damn good news.


8 posted on 05/11/2019 6:23:11 AM PDT by 2banana (Were you)
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To: cotton1706

Nice to get the confirmations but the pace needs to increase.


9 posted on 05/11/2019 6:47:31 AM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt - dad's wisdom)
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To: SMGFan

All the current nominees are from this year. The earlier ones were erased at the end of last years session.

There are only 3 open CCA seats without nominees: 9th, 5th & 3rd.
Two more in the 2nd Circuit are known future vacancies.
The rest of the seats without nominees are district level (75), 7 CL(Federal Claims) and 2 International Trade, and 12 more “future” district seats.

When nominees from the last session sat for up to 2 years following nomination and had life disruptions and uncertainty for long months it would seem better to nominate judges in a rolling fashion so that we are 30-40 ahead rather than having judges withdraw during a long wait. POTUS did nominate 8 less than a week ago.


10 posted on 05/11/2019 6:55:39 AM PDT by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance.)
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To: FLT-bird

See the links I posted above. They may help?


11 posted on 05/11/2019 9:39:23 AM PDT by SMGFan ("God love ya! What am I talking about")
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To: JayGalt

Thank you for the explanation.


12 posted on 05/11/2019 9:40:41 AM PDT by SMGFan ("God love ya! What am I talking about")
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To: SMGFan

Thanks for the links.

For the first time in my life the nomination of judges and the composition of the courts is of gripping interest to me. I believe that filling the courts with justices who base their rulings on Constitutional grounds and are not activists is the biggest single step POTUS can take to safe guard the Freedoms our Nation was founded to uphold and to preserve the American Way of Life.

The pendulum has swung so far it was threatening to get stuck. We should spare no effort to send it back the other way, weighted to remain conservative for a generation at least.

I am hoping that we will have many elderly conservative justices retiring in 2021-3 so that the bench is filled with young replacements rather than giving a possible liberal President seats that will soon be available for his/her candidates.


13 posted on 05/11/2019 9:52:30 AM PDT by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance.)
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To: SMGFan

Also interesting to me is that the Judicial vacancy page which gives a date last updated does not reflect recent nominations. I have no clue why they are behind about a month but there is one circuit judicial nomination for the 3rd circuit & 17 District court nominations that are not yet listed.
https://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-vacancies/current-judicial-vacancies

The Whitehouse listing of Presidential actions lists nominations as they are made. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/

The judicial nominees page does not list the nominations of:
May 3

Peter J. Phipps of Pennsylvania, to serve as a Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Douglas R. Cole of Ohio, to serve as Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Charles R. Eskridge III of Texas, to serve as Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Kea W. Riggs of New Mexico, to serve as Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.

William Shaw Stickman IV of Pennsylvania, to serve as Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Jennifer Philpott Wilson of Pennsylvania, to serve as Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

April 8th
Gary R. Brown of New York, to serve as a District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Stephanie A. Gallagher of Maryland, to serve as a District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Diane Gujarati of New York, to serve as a District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Lewis J. Liman of New York, to serve as a District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Eric R. Komitee of New York, to serve as a District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Rachel P. Kovner of New York, to serve as a District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Mary E. McElroy of Rhode Island, to serve as a District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island.

Martha M. Pacold of Illinois, to serve as a District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Mary M. Rowland of Illinois, to serve as a District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Steven C. Seeger of Illinois, to serve as a District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

John L. Sinatra, Jr., of New York, to serve as a District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.

Mary Kay Vyskocil of New York, to serve as a District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.


14 posted on 05/11/2019 10:34:55 AM PDT by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance.)
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Like seeing all those nominations for those Districts all over NY... The sooner they are confirmed, the better...

It must be a "special" privilege to be a District Circuit court judge in a foreign country...

15 posted on 05/11/2019 11:34:30 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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I am bucked up that POTUS is filling NY District court seats. The appeals court for the 2nd district will flip when the two future vacancies are filled. 3 out of the 4 District courts are potential flips.

Eastern District: 5 Bush appointees, 4 vacancies, 6 Obama. The seats being filled will flip the court to R appointed 9R:6.

Northern District: 1 Bush 1 Vacant 1 Clinton(1937) 2 Obama. We need a little bit more work to flip that court. 2:3R when vacancy filled

Southern District: IMPOSSIBLE 4 Clinton, 3 Bush, 15 Obama, 6 open. Incumbents mostly younger judges. 9R:19D

Western District: 3 Obama 1 vacant(oldest incumbent 68) 1R:3D when vacancy filled


16 posted on 05/11/2019 11:51:25 AM PDT by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance.)
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"Southern District: IMPOSSIBLE 4 Clinton, 3 Bush, 15 Obama, 6 open. Incumbents mostly younger judges. 9R:19D"

Dang! Those commie scum sure know what they are doing... They packed the most important NY District...

My question would be: "What the heck was Bushy doing for eight years that he left a possible 16 vacancies for obunghole to fill...

Whoops! I forgot... Bushy was too busy creating the environment for an unending stream of migrant invader trash entering, and sucking dry, the country...

17 posted on 05/11/2019 1:09:43 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: SuperLuminal

You’ll get no argument from me.


18 posted on 05/11/2019 2:37:47 PM PDT by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance.)
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To: JayGalt; SMGFan; SuperLuminal; cotton1706
Federalist Society members confirmed or elevated in the 115th Congress:

Walker, Lance E.
Sullivan, Richard J.
Bibas, Stephanos 
Porter, David J.
Richardson, Julius N.
Duncan, Stuart Kyle
Engelhardt, Kurt D.
Ho, James C.
Oldham, Andrew S.
Willett, Don R.
Ashe, Barry W.
Summerhays, Robert R.
Kernodle, Jeremy D.
Bush, Don K.
Larsen, Joan L.
Nalbandian, John B.
Thapar, Amul R.
Barrett, Amy Coney
Brennan, Michael B.
Hanlon, James Patrick
Grasz, L. Steven
Kobes, Jonathan A.
Stras, David R.
Brnovich, Susan
Lanza, Dominic W.
Bennett, Mark J.
Nelson, Ryan D.
Eid, Allison H.
Marks, Emily Coody
Branch, Elizabeth L.
Grant, Britt Cagle
Newsom, Kevin C.
Self III, Tripp (Tilman E.)
Baker, R. Stan
Katsas, Gregory G.
Kelly, Timothy J.
McFadden, Trevor N.
Gorsuch, Neil M.
Kavanaugh, Brett M.

Federalist Society members confirmed or elevated in the 116th Congress:

Bianco, Joseph F.
Park, Michael H.
Matey, Paul B.
Rushing, Allison Jones
Murphy, Eric E.
Readler, Chad A.
Miller, Eric D.
Domenico, Daniel D.
Wyrick, Patrick R.
Brasher, Andrew L.
Altman, Roy K.
Ruiz II, Rodolfo A. 
Rao, Neomi (elevated to replace Justice Kavanaugh)
Wolson, Joshua

19 posted on 05/12/2019 12:14:44 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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The Federalist Society, like the Irish, "need not apply" in the Bush era.

I think there were two Federalist Society members confirmed to district judgeships during the Bush presidency

Looking through the Bushie confirmations, there were a disturbing number of 9x-0 Senate votes.

For Trump, it's a lot of 5x-4x votes...

That's a GREAT sign.

20 posted on 05/12/2019 12:18:08 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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