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Trump has appointed second-most federal judges through December 1 of a president’s fourth year
News.ballotpedia.org ^ | 12/5/20 | Megan Feeney

Posted on 12/06/2020 4:14:37 AM PST by cotton1706

Donald Trump has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 227 Article III federal judges through December 1, 2020, his fourth year in office. This is the second-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since Jimmy Carter (D). The Senate had confirmed 260 of Carter’s appointees at this point in his term.

The average number of federal judges appointed by a president through December 1 of their fourth year in office is 201.

The median number of Supreme Court justices appointed is two. President Trump appointed the most with three. Presidents Barack Obama (D), Bill Clinton (D), and George H.W. Bush (R) had each appointed two Supreme Court justices at this point in their first terms. Ronald Reagan (R) had appointed one, while Carter and George W. Bush (R) had not appointed any.

The median number of United States Court of Appeals appointees is 35. Carter appointed the most with 55, while Clinton and Obama appointed the fewest with 30. Trump has appointed 53. Trump’s 53 appointments make up 30% of the total 179 judgeships across the courts of appeal.

The median number of United States District Court appointees is 168. Carter appointed the most with 202, and Obama appointed the fewest with 128. Trump has appointed 168 district court judges. Those appointments make up 25% of the 677 judgeships across the district courts.

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.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections
Two caveats that make this even more impressive.

1. The Congress CREATED a number of judgeships during the Carter years, and Ted Kennedy as chairman of Judiciary quickly got them through.

2. Most of the Carter judges were confirmed by unanimous consent or voice vote while nearly ALL of Trump's judges had to go through cloture votes, the Circuit judges at 30 hours each.

1 posted on 12/06/2020 4:14:37 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

HOORAY Chief


2 posted on 12/06/2020 4:15:52 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: cotton1706

Thank you for posting. Your additional comments are also very interesting.


3 posted on 12/06/2020 4:19:35 AM PST by NoExpectations
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And what I’ve seen from his selections I’m not improvised.


4 posted on 12/06/2020 4:31:23 AM PST by Doofer ( )
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To: Doofer

improvised


5 posted on 12/06/2020 4:32:30 AM PST by Doofer ( )
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To: Doofer

impressed


6 posted on 12/06/2020 4:34:38 AM PST by Doofer ( )
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To: cotton1706

Some of these Trump judgers have already passed judgement against the President’s effort for an honest and fair election. What else can we expect in a banana republic?


7 posted on 12/06/2020 6:53:23 AM PST by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE )
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To: cotton1706

Some of these Trump judgers have already passed judgement against the President’s effort for an honest and fair election. What else can we expect in a banana republic?


8 posted on 12/06/2020 6:54:00 AM PST by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE )
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To: Doofer

You would be less impressed with the “judges” appointed by Kraut-Farting Kankles. ;-)


9 posted on 12/06/2020 1:44:35 PM PST by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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Some of these Trump judgers have already passed judgement against the President’s effort for an honest and fair election.

Who would that be?

We've already seen at the state level in Pennsylvania and Michigan what partisan Democrat "judges" do to implement their "banana republic" state agenda.

10 posted on 12/06/2020 1:47:07 PM PST by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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