the president confirms judicial appointments to the federal courts.
the president confirms judicial appointments to the federal courts.
who confirms judicial appointments to the federal courts?
the president
, the united states senate has confirmed 146 article iii judges nominated by president trump, including 2 associate justices of the supreme court of the united states, 43 judges for the united states courts of appeals, 99 judges for the united states district courts, and 2 judges for the united states court of international trade. there are currently 35 nominations to article iii courts awaiting senate action, including 1 for the courts of appeals and 34 for the district courts. there are currently 4 vacancies on the u.s. courts of appeals, 97 vacancies on the u.s. district courts, 2 vacancies on the u.s. court of international trade, and 9 announced federal judicial vacancies that will occur before the end of trump's first term (1 for the courts of appeals and 8 for district courts). trump has not made any recess appointments to the federal courts.
list of federal judges appointed by donald trump
the judicial appointments commission is separate from the commission for judicial appointments (cja). the cja was established in march 2001 to review the procedures for the appointment of judges and qcs, and to investigate complaints into those procedures. it closed on 31 march 2006 with the establishment of the judicial appointments commission and the judicial appointments and conduct ombudsman (jaco). a separate judicial appointments board for scotland and northern ireland judicial appointments commission undertake similar functions for scotland and northern ireland, respectively.









































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judicial appointments commission