Nominations to Article III Lower Courts by President George W. Bush During the 110th Congress

Rutkus, Denis Steven ; Scott, Kevin M. ; Bearden, Maureen

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Presidential appointments;    Selection of judges;    Courts;    Appellate courts;    District courts;   

RP-ID  :  RL33953
RP-ID  :  RL33953_2008May30

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report tracks nominations made by President George W. Bush to judgeships on the U.S. courts of appeals, the U.S. district courts, and the U.S. Court of International Trade. It lists and keeps count of all nominations made to these courts during the 110th Congress, including pertinent actions taken by the Senate Judiciary Committee and the full Senate. It also tracks the number of judicial vacancies on the courts (including vacancies classified by the federal judiciary as "judicial emergencies"), the number of nominations pending to fill the vacancies, and the names of the pending nominees. It presents the number of persons nominated by President Bush to each category of lower Article III court during his entire presidency (breaking down each total to show the number confirmed, pending, returned and not re-nominated, and withdrawn). Last, it provides a tabular comparison of President Bush's lower court nominee statistics with those of the four Presidents who immediately preceded him.