Trump needs to get going here. According to this list, there are 129 vacancies currently and only ONE NOMINEE Pending.
http://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-vacancies/current-judicial-vacancies
Yep. If I were trump I would have started day 1 on thes vacancies. Heck with everything else. These picks have lasting goodness for conservatives.
Any idea who in this administration is supposed to be paying attention to this? The same problem exists in the executive branch. Now that the cabinet is in place, I would hope that the subcabinet and other political appointees can start being filled asap. My concern is that the political/campaign people around Trump are so busy blackballing traditional Republicans, including most of the movement conservatives, that they've lost sight of the need to build a team if they actually hope to control the government.
This year will soon be half over. It's already been seven months since the election. By the end of the year, Congress will be dominated by the 2018 elections and serious reform will become much more difficult. After 2018, the political industry will pivot immediately to the 2020 presidential sweepstakes. I do not get the sense that anyone on Team Trump understands how short the window of opportunity is.