This will have a massive effect upon America.
At National Review, Severino provides this data as of February 13:
Current and known future vacancies: 176
Courts of Appeals: 23
District/Specialty Courts*: 153
Pending nominees for current and known future vacancies:
53 Courts of Appeals: 4
District/Specialty Courts: 49 (Includes the Court of Federal Claims and the International Trade Court)
Nominees Awaiting Floor Votes:
29 Courts of Appeals: 3
District/Specialty Courts: 26
Nominees Confirmed by the Senate: 24
Supreme Court: 1
Courts of Appeals: 13
District/Specialty Courts: 10
The Senate Judiciary website tracks the progress of judicial nominations, so you can see what is coming down the pipeline. Here are nominations posted yesterday:
This is followed by a detailed list of nominees and their status.
The Judicial Nominations website has more data.
What it all means is that Trump continues to plug away as filling vacancies, continues to nominate people, the Senate Judiciary is moving them through the pipeline, and they are being teed up for floor votes. It takes too much time because of Democrat stalling tactics, but it’s happening. Though not fast enough for my liking.
As Jared Samilow noted in two posts, there is no guarantee Trump can accomplish the goal of reshaping the judiciary in his first term:
- Trump’s ability to reshape the judiciary may be overstated (Part 1 – Appellate Courts)
- Trump’s ability to reshape the judiciary may be overstated (Part 2 – District Courts)
From While you were focused on ... Republicans kept moving judicial nominees through pipeline
