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Oracle Of JPP 714
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One-eighth of all circuit court judges have been appointed by President Donald Trump
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell claimed that one-eighth of all circuit court judges have been appointed by President Donald Trump.
Verdict: True
Of the 165 active circuit court judges, 21 – or 13 percent – have been appointed by Trump.
Fact Check:
Senate Republicans emerged from a weekly luncheon Tuesday to speak with reporters about their party’s recent accomplishments.
“We were all in a celebratory mood as a result of having approved the 21st circuit judge just a few moments ago. That means that one-eighth – one-eighth – of the circuit judges in America have been appointed by Donald Trump and confirmed by this Republican Senate. So we think we’re making dramatic progress,” said McConnell.
The Senate had confirmed a string of circuit court judges – six in a single week.
These judges will serve lifetime appointments on the U.S. Courts of Appeals, which are divided into 13 circuits. All told, Congress has authorized 179 judgeships over the years, of which 14 seats are vacant, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
With 21 Trump nominees now confirmed by the Senate, one out of every eight circuit court judges has been appointed by the president.
Appeals courts possess a considerable amount of power. They can overturn the ruling of a district court, and while the Supreme Court has the final say, it only hears about 80 cases a year.
The public often overlooks the mark presidents have on the judiciary. President Barack Obama appointed over one-third of all federal judges by the end of his presidency.
More importantly, he flipped the composition of most circuit courts. Only one out of 13 appeals courts had a majority of Democratic-appointed judges when Obama assumed office in 2009. That number rose to nine by the end of his second term.
Ilya Shapiro, a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, says that appointments under Trump haven’t been as sweeping. “So far, most of the appointments have been low-hanging fruit,” he told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Seventy-one percent of all Trump appointments have been to circuit courts that already had a majority of Republican-appointed judges.
The composition will begin to change as the Senate considers more judges. “The 11th circuit looks to be the one that will be the first to flip,” says Shapiro.
Although it’s early in the Trump presidency, the Senate has approved circuit judges at a record clip. It confirmed 12 judges during Trump’s first year in office, beating a record previously held by Presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
The Senate approved a record low number of district court judges, however.
Democrats have used a Senate procedure called cloture to delay most of the judges put forward by Trump, leading Republicans to prioritize circuit court judges instead. Under Senate rules, Democrats can force 30 hours of debate for each and every nominee. “There’s only so much floor time,” Shapiro told TheDCNF.
Republicans could amend the rules to limit debate to eight hours on most nominees and two hours for district court judges – as Democrats temporarily did in the 113th Congress – but it’s unlikely Republicans have the necessary votes.
The use of cloture as a delay tactic is a byproduct of how partisan politics has become. After Democrats resorted to the “nuclear option” in 2013, lowering the number of votes needed to end a filibuster, Republicans forced cloture votes 85 times over the next 13 months.
Republicans must also consider the Senate tradition of “blue slips,” which gives a nominee’s home state senators the opportunity to raise objections. The Senate Judiciary Committee weighs heavily whether a senator disapproves, and under some chairmanships, the blue slip process can torpedo a nomination entirely.
The Senate confirmed a federal judge last week despite objections from Democrat Tammy Baldwin, one of his home state senators. “I will not allow the blue slip to be used as a tool of obstruction,” Sen. Chuck Grassley, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote in an op-ed shortly after the confirmation. “It is not meant to give a single senator unilateral veto power over nominees for political or ideological reasons.”
In total, Trump has appointed 39 federal judges to date, including 17 district court judges and Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Obama had 27 nominees approved at this point in his presidency.
https://checkyourfact.com/2018/05/18/fact-check-trump-circuit-court-judges/
As men/women who grow older and gain more knowledge they often become more liberal/intelligent. There are exceptions to that, for instance, Long Dong Silver but his wife wears the pants in his house, that poor pussy whipped wimp.
A prime example of my claim is chief justice Earl Warren, who was a republican appointed by a conservative potus republican. His court became the most liberal/intelligent court in us history. Don't forget about how CJ, Roberts ruled in favor of the ACA that President Obama succeeded in passing among fierce opposition from republicans and health care lobbyists.
Remember,
It aint over until the fat lady sings!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Warren
Is that so?
Show me a young conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.
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nazi/racist hunter
I just can't wait until Liberals' collective heads explode when Trump reshapes the 9th Circus and appoints at least one more Conservative Judge to the SCOTUS
That's because you're a fucking nazi.
Oracle Of JPP 714
nazi/racist hunter
Go ahead, show me with proof, I triple dog dare you
Quit parsing my replies. I know you hate the truth. That's why you do it, sneaky.
Quit parsing my replies. I know you hate the truth. That's why you do it, sneaky.
Oracle Of JPP 714
nazi/racist hunter
Dirty pool^
I am going to ban you on all my future ops. It's futile to argue with someone who lies and cheats like you. There is no way I am going to give you the opportunity to publicize yourself. You know what I mean? I will no longer d
feed you. Got that, troll?
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Gotcha68
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No and calling people liars won't win you any arguments.
Gotcha68
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There are always going to be disagreements with a judge's ruling no matter who he/she is and what the issue is. People are never satisfied.
Gotcha68
Verified User
I hope mak2 can manage to get some sleep tonight with the knowledge that you, of all people, don't believe him/her. Sad.
Gotcha68
Verified User
I just can't wait until Liberals' collective heads explode when Trump reshapes the 9th Circus and appoints at least one more Conservative Judge to the SCOTUS
Everyone dies eventually so no appointee lasts forever.
Boris The Animal
It's Just Boris!
No, but the impact usually surpasses said appointee. Looking forward to the atrocity called Roe V. Wade to be overturned.
Boris The Animal
It's Just Boris!
You misspelled Strict Constitutionalists, moron!
True. When Ginsburg croaks, it won't be Hillary appointing her replacement, will it?
Gotcha68
Verified User
True but our country has suffered and survived a lot worse than Trump and his gang of thugs. It will be further testament to the determination and perseverance of the American people to change what this man and his idiotic and dangerous actions have brought upon us all. Some are making money, big deal, can you take money to the grave with you? Is that your only goal in life, to amass more money at the expense of others? If so then let's all hope the grave beckons sooner rather than later.
Gotcha68
Verified User
So? You all say such things like threats. Is that what you see the Supreme Court as...a threat to use against others? How sad.
Gotcha68
Verified User
Clearly because you aren't winning any. Carry on then.
Boris The Animal
It's Just Boris!
With the other two branches changing hands more times than I change a light bulb, the SCOTUS is safely in Conservative hands for at least the next generation.
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