Law 360's Guide to Trump's Judicial Picks

www.law360.com ^ | 9/12/19 | J Hoover and A Kragie

[Midwesterner53]

Updated Sept. 11, 2019 | President Donald Trump is reshaping the federal judiciary at a staggering rate with the help of Republican Senate leaders with 150 judges confirmed, including two Supreme Court justices.

Appointment Scorecard

Circuit Courts of Appeals

4* vacant seats

6 pending nominations

43

confirmed judges

U.S. District Courts

91 vacant seats

47 pending nominations

105 confirmed judges

In his first two years, Trump appointed more judges to the appellate bench than any of the previous five presidents, according to a report by Lambda Legal, tapping dozens of conservative lawyers for influential seats on U.S. circuit courts around the country. That pace quickened in 2018 when he more than doubled the number of circuit judges from the year before, the LGBTQ rights group found.

Trump’s success in securing lifetime appointments for right-leaning jurists owes much to the shrewd politicking from Republican Senate leaders, who have fast-tracked the president’s nominees to the chagrin of Democrats.

[Midwesterner53]

A near complete list or Trump's judicial appointees and even mentions those confirmed over Democrat objections. A short list at the bottom has those not confirmed for various reasons. Note the age of nearly every judge is mid 50s and below to one judge in her late 30s. This alone will help turn the nations courts back to common sense decisions not designed to run the country from a courtroom. In fact, Senate legislation has just been introduced to prohibit most judges from issuing nation wide injunctions. More winning if it passes the House.

[spokeshave]

This is the Win of all Wins.

A legacy that lasts for ever and ever to the end of time.

[FlipWilson]

Trump and Yurtle’s goal should be to leave the next administration with almost no picks to fill.

[georgiarat]

One concern is District court judges. They still need approval from Dem legislators unlike Appeals and Supreme Court. Dem legislators are not approving district names put forth by Trump. That is where most of the vacant nominees are being held up.

Appeal court nominees are moving forward well.

[NobleFree]

MAGA!!! The GOPe never had the guts to do anything like this.