Posted on 05/25/2019 3:34:19 AM PDT by cotton1706
This will be a weekly post.
Count is now 112 judges confirmed.
69 District Court judges
41 Circuit Court judges
2 Supreme Court justices
The 9th Circuit composition is now 16 Democrat-appointed judges, 11 Republican-appointed judges, with two vacancies to fill. That's real progress!
McConnell filed cloture on Judge Alston for Eastern District VA
for Federal claims Richard Hertling, Ryan Holte 15 year term
and many other cloture filings.
https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom
REPUBLICAN SENATOR SAYS GOP-LED SENATE HAS DONE ‘NOTHING’ EXCEPT CONFIRM TRUMP JUDGES
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-senator-john-kennedy-trump-judges-1433082
last line in story
Democrats have expressed concern at the long-standing effects of Trump’s wave of judicial nominees. Critics have noted that a large majority of judges nominated by Trump are white men and voiced worries about how the judges will affect rights for LGBTQ individuals, women and racial minorities and how the judges will rule on contentious national topics like immigration and abortion.
List of federal judges appointed by Donald Trump
‘There are currently 63 nominations to Article III courts awaiting Senate action, including 2 for the Courts of Appeals, 59 for the District Courts, and 2 for the Court of International Trade.[3]
There are currently 4 vacancies on the U.S. Courts of Appeals, 118 vacancies on the U.S. District Courts, 4 vacancies on the U.S. Court of International Trade,[3] and 16 announced federal judicial vacancies that will occur before the end of Trump’s first term (2 for the Courts of Appeals and 14 for District Courts).
[4] Trump has not made any recess appointments to the federal courts.’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Donald_Trump
Huge number of Judges listed as ‘ nomination reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee” as well as ‘nomination pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee’
Another good week. Keep those Confirmations coming - especially of Circuit Court judges.
I think there are only four remaining vacancies in the circuit courts, which would leave Trump five short of Carter’s record if he gets them all-—assuming some don’t retire or assume senior status before 2020.
Carter has that record because the Congress created a number of judgeships during his term. So not exactly apples to apples. But sill great that Trump is close to matching it.
Importantly, the 9th has 18 senior judges that President Trump and the senate can replace with new judges. 9 of these senior judges were Democrat appointees.
“GOP-LED SENATE HAS DONE ‘NOTHING’ EXCEPT CONFIRM TRUMP JUDGES”
DEMOCRAT-LED HOUSE HAS DONE ‘NOTHING’ EXCEPT HARASS THE PRESIDENT.
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