Weekly Judicial Update - November 18, 2024

Judicial Update reports each week on activity during the previous week in new federal court vacancies, court nominations and confirmations of Article III (lifetime tenure) judges. For a masterlist of confirmations and judicial vacancies and nominees to fill these vacancies plus judicial nominee biographies, see Federal Section of NationsCourts.com.

The following table shows vacancies and nominations pending as of Friday, November 15, 2024 (the table includes future vacancies for which nominees have been named; see vacancies and nominations).

 
New Vacancies:
During the previous week (Nov 11 - Nov 15), there were no new vacancies in the U.S. appellate or district courts.

For masterlist of court vacancies in the federal appellate and district courts and nominations to fill these vacancies, click here. 

New Nominees:
During the previous week, there were no new nominations to the appellate or district courts.

For biographical information on those nominated thus far by the Biden administration, click here. 

New Confirmations:
During the previous week, there were 2 new confirmations, both to the district courts:

   November 13, 2024
   Jonathan E. Hawley (50-to-46)
      Central District of Illinois. Nominated 7/8/24.
   November 12, 2024
   April M. Perry (51-to-44)
      Northern District of Illinois. Nominated 7/11/24.

For masterlist of confirmations thus far, click here.

Senate Judiciary Committee:
For upcoming schedule of the committee, click here.

Biden - Trump Judiciary Scorecards:
As the above chart indicates, there are currently 56 Article III (lifetime tenure) vacancies in the federal courts, including 5 in the appellate courts and 51 in district courts. (These figures include future vacancies for which nominees have been named; see vacancies and nominations.)

There are currently 26 nominations to fill these vacancies: 5 in the appellate courts and 21 in the district courts. For masterlist of court vacancies and nominations, click here.

Thus far (through Nov 21, '24), President Biden has had 220 of his judicial nominations confirmed, 1 to the Supreme Court, 45 to the appellate courts, 172 to the district courts, and 2 to the U.S. Court of Int'l Trade. For a complete confirmation listing, click here.

During President-elect Trump's first four years in office (2017-21), the U.S. Senate confirmed 234 Article III (lifetime tenure) federal judges that he nominated, 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.

In percentage terms, Trump during his first tenure appointed 33% of U.S. Supreme Court Justices (3 out of 9), 30% of authorized U.S. appeals court judges (54 out of 179), and 26% of authorized U.S. district court judges (174 out of 677).

The following table shows current composition of U.S. appeals courts based on Republican and Democratic Presidential judicial appointments:

 

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