President-elect Donald Trump can substantively recast the direction of the federal courts from the earliest days of his administration, after two years of divided government have left vacancies open across the federal bench.
Though the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court occasioned by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia is the most prominent of these vacancies, there are 104 total vacancies and 38 judicial emergencies in the federal courts as of this writing.
A judicial emergency, as defined by the Judicial Conference of the United States, occurs when action items on a court’s docket exceed 6/700 per judge, or where a vacancy has lasted longer than 18 months and there are between 430-600 action items per judge. Some district court judges around the country are currently contending with dockets 1,200 filings long.
Of the 104 current vacancies, one is on the Supreme Court, 13 are on the federal appeals courts, 82 are in U.S. district courts, and eight are in courts of special jurisdiction like the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
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Maybe now drug dealers will stay locked up as they should be
ReplyDeleteAs I mentioned a week or so before the election, Trump's greatest legacy will be in the Judicial Branch. I hope he picks a young, not-too-conservative judge who can prevent unconstitutional laws from future left-leaning legislatures. It would be too utopic to think republicans will hold both houses forever.
ReplyDeleteGet a whole bunch of young, conservative, and constitutional supporting judges nominated...
ReplyDeleteThe HildaBeast was going to gut every freedom in the constitution with her nominees - we can see what the turd did!
Judges should be pretty high on his list while republicans control both branches of congress. It really can't wait.
ReplyDeleteI believe he will focus on Jewish judges.
ReplyDeleteSo many of the Christians in America are wimpy.
The jewish judges understand what it takes to control people.
He will be strong on law and order, and he is surrounding himself with smart jewish people.
Can't go wrong there!