INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Nation's Courts Online --
the nation's courts at your fingertips! 

Nation's Courts Online is your guide to the nation's judiciary and new litigation.
Its comprehensive directory listings and reference material provide
quick-and-easy access to the nation's federal, state and county courts.
Listings updated on a continuous basis.

Nation's Court's Online is intended as an easy-to-use reference guide for those interested in the U.S. court system and important new litigation.

Those who will find Nation's Court's Online useful and instructive include attorneys, paralegals, law students and members of the general public who pay attention to the nation's judiciary and legal issues.

Nation's Courts Online consists of five major services: 

(1) A comprehensive directory of the nation's federal, state, and county courts and their websites, including judicial confirmations (or rejections) as they occur, and a complete list of federal court vacancies and those nominated to fill these vacancies plus biographical information on federal nominees and sitting judges.

(2) Case Filings Alert, featuring important new litigation filed in courts around the country.

(3) Federal and State Court Organization Charts. The state charts provide comprehensive jurisdictional information at each court level of the state's judiciary, from the appellate courts of each state to that of the courts of general jurisdiction (the trial courts) to the courts of limited jurisdiction (family court, probate court, municipal court, etc.). 

(4) Explanatory material on the courts and how they operate.

(5) Federal and state website links are provided throughout, for quick access to the information you seek.  

The courts play a vital role in our society, and we intend that Nation's Courts Online keep you informed and up-to-date.

Currently (as of Jan 20, '25), there are 40 Article III (lifetime tenure) vacancies in the federal courts, including 3 in the appellate courts and 37 in the district courts. 

Nation's Courts Online reports on new court vacancies, judicial nominations, and confirmations as they occur.

President Trump will submit nominees to fill these judicial vacancies and the Senate will confirm (or reject).

President Biden during his four years in office (2021-2025) had 235 of his judicial nominations confirmed, 1 to the Supreme Court, 45 to the appellate courts, 187 to the district courts, and 2 to the U.S. Court of Int'l Trade.

During President Trump's first four years in office (2017-21), the U.S. Senate confirmed 234 federal judges, including 3 Supreme Court justices; 54 judges to the appellate courts; 174 judges to the district courts; and 3 judges to the Court of Int'l Trade.

Details on court confirmations and nominations are included herein.

For Weekly Judicial Update, click here.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or comments.

Editor: Robert S. Want
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