8 more United States District Judges will be confirmed today, bringing Trump’s Article III Judicial confirmation count to 68 and his District Judge count to 41. Glad to see that we are finally getting some much needed relief at the Federal trial level.
At 1:45 PM, the Senate will proceed to vote on the following nominations:
Cal. #693, Marilyn Jean Horan to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Cal. #731, William F. Jung a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida.
Cal. #778, Kari A. Dooley to be a United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut.
Cal. #779, Dominic W. Lanza a United States District Judge for the District of Arizona.
Cal. #782, Charles J. Williams to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa.
Cal. #838, Robert R. Summerhays to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana.
Cal. #839, Eric C. Tostrud to be a United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.
Cal. #893, Alan D. Albright to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas.
I should note that Marilyn Jean Horan, as is the case with a number of other Trump judicial nominees, was previously nominated by Obama for the same post.
Seriously though, it was part of a deal previously concluded between Casey and Toomey when Obama was President for the recommendation of judicial nominees for Pennsylvania. After Trump was elected, Casey and Toomey agreed to resubmit the previously agreed upon nominees to the White House and ultimately Trump agreed to renominate them.
For new judicial vacancies, the longstanding Pennsylvania custom continues, with the Senator of the President’s party getting a ratio of 3 choices to the minority Senator’s 1 choice.
In the following chart, ignore the middle column in each row, which relates to days pending. The far right number refers to the total number of Article III nominees confirmed by each two year Congress and the President’s overall total.
Trump has 68 to this point, still trailing Reagan’s, GHWB’s, Clinton’s and GWB’s first year totals. And not even close to Carter’s 199 in the 95th Congress, Reagan’s 132 in the 99th Congress, GHWB’s 122 in the 102nd Congress, Clinton’s 128 in the 103rd Congress or Obama’s 134 in the 113th Congress.
To this point, the Senate’s pace has been downright sluggish. If Republican’s hold the Senate in November, they will have a chance to pick up the pace in the 116th Congress. But if they lose the Senate, confirmations will drop drastically in the 116th Congress.
Everything pretty much is riding on November’s results.
Again, ignore the center column and just read the far right column.
