Posted on 08/06/2019 3:36:14 AM PDT by cotton1706
Donald Trump has appointed and the Senate confirmed 146 Article III federal judges through August 1, 2019, his third year in office. This is the second-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in a presidency of all presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt. Only Bill Clinton, with 156 judicial appointments, had more.
Article III federal judges are appointed for life terms by the president of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate per Article III of the United States Constitution. Article III judges include judges on the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. courts of appeal, U.S. district courts, and the Court of International Trade.
The median number of federal judges appointed by a president through August 1 of their third year in office is 80.4.
The median number of Supreme Court justices appointed was two. William Taft’s (R) five appointments are the most among this set. Presidents Franklin Roosevelt (D), Jimmy Carter (D), and George W. Bush (R) did not appoint any justices through August 1 of their third years in office. Trump has appointed 2 justices so far.
The median number of United States Court of Appeals appointees was 18. Trump appointed the most with 43, and Presidents Theodore Roosevelt (R) and Woodrow Wilson (D) appointed the fewest with five each. Trump’s 43 appointments make up 24 percent of the total 179 court of appeal judgeships.
The median number of United States District Court appointees was 54. Clinton appointed the most with 128, and T. Roosevelt appointed the fewest with 10. Trump has appointed 99 district court judges so far. Those appointments make up 15 percent of the 677 district court judgeships.
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Very interesting statistics.
Republicans had a majority in the Senate after the 1994 elections. Did they object to any of Clinton's nominations? If the Democrats controlled the Senate now, not a single Trump nominee would get through. If it weren't for the nuclear option, they wouldn't get through now, with a Republican majority!!
Good. One of the biggest benefits of a Trump presidency.
Some of those confirmations are from the Obama list. Mitch McConnel made a deal with Dems to add Leftists judges that the Dems wanted in order to get the Trump list judges approved. It is about 9 Trump judges for every 3 Dem list judges. And this is happening in year 2019.
You can always count on Mitch McConnell to screw you. Every time the Republicans work with the Democrats. We end up getting screwed.
Trump has appointed second-most federal judges through August 1 of a president’s third year
And not a one of them has handed down an indictment of a deep state criminal.
All of Clinton’s district court nominees were by unanimous consent. All of them!
But EVERY Trump nominee has to get a cloture vote, thanks to Chuck Schumer and his judicial wars.
The Turtle has done a good job so far of pushing judicial nominees through.
There are 5 more vacancies to fill on the Circuit Courts.
And not a one of them has handed down an indictment of a deep state criminal.
True, probably because judges are suppose to consider the evidence and facts before them. Regarding the Deep State, it appears that prosecutors have not brought them much evidence and facts to consider.
The Left corrupted the judiciary into just another political institution. As such, I hope we have conservative judges just as rabid for liberty as the Left’s henchmen-in-robes are for slavery.
Finally, Then Turtle has something useful to do.
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