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      "date": "2018-05-02",
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      "title": "U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations During President Trump\u2019s First Year in Office: Comparative Analysis with Recent Presidents",
      "summary": "This report, in light of continued Senate interest in the judicial confirmation process during a President\u2019s first year in office, provides statistics related to the nomination and confirmation of U.S. circuit and district court nominees during the first year of the Trump presidency (as well as during the first year of each of his three immediate predecessors\u2014Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton).\nSome of the report\u2019s findings regarding circuit court nominations include the following:\nThe number of U.S. circuit court vacancies decreased by 1, from 17 to 16, during the first year of the Trump presidency. The percentage of circuit court judgeships that were vacant decreased from 9.5% to 8.9%.\nDuring his first year in office, President Trump nominated 19 individuals to U.S. circuit court judgeships, of whom 12 (or 63%) were also confirmed during the first year of his presidency.\nOf individuals nominated to circuit court judgeships during President Trump\u2019s first year in office, 15 (79%) were men and 4 (21%) were women.\nOf individuals nominated to circuit court judgeships during President Trump\u2019s first year in office, 17 (89%) were white and 2 (11%) were Asian American.\nThe average age of President Trump\u2019s first-year circuit court nominees was 49.\nOf individuals nominated to circuit court judgeships during President Trump\u2019s first year in office, 16 (84%) received a rating of well qualified from the American Bar Association, 2 (11%) received a rating of qualified, and 1 (5%) received a rating of not qualified.\nThe average length of time from nomination to confirmation for President Trump\u2019s first-year circuit and district court nominees (combined) was 115 days, or approximately 3.8 months.\nEach of the circuit court nominees confirmed during President Trump\u2019s first year in office was confirmed by roll call vote (and none by unanimous consent or voice vote).\nOf the 12 circuit court nominees confirmed during President Trump\u2019s first year in office, 11 received more than 20 nay votes at the time of confirmation (and of the 11, 9 received more than 40 nay votes).\nSome of the report\u2019s findings regarding district court nominations include the following:\nThe number of U.S. district court vacancies increased by 38, from 86 to 124, during the first year of the Trump presidency. The percentage of district court judgeships that were vacant increased from 12.8% to 18.4%.\nDuring his first year in office, President Trump nominated 49 individuals to U.S. district court judgeships, of whom 6 (12%) were also confirmed during the first year of his presidency.\nOf individuals nominated to district court judgeships during President Trump\u2019s first year in office, 37 (76%) were men and 12 (24%) were women.\nOf individuals nominated to district court judgeships during President Trump\u2019s first year in office, 45 (92%) were white, 2 (4%) were Asian American, 1 (2%) was African American, and 1 (2%) was Hispanic.\nThe average age of President Trump\u2019s first-year district court nominees was 51.\nOf individuals nominated to district court judgeships during President Trump\u2019s first year in office, 26 (53%) received a rating of well qualified, 20 (41%) received a rating of qualified, and 3 (6%) received a rating of not qualified from the American Bar Association.\nEach of the district court nominees confirmed during President Trump\u2019s first year in office was confirmed by roll call vote (and none by unanimous consent or voice vote).\nOf the six district court nominees confirmed during President Trump\u2019s first year in office, two received more than five nay votes.",
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