Washington Times: Incoming president likely to make more than 100 judicial appointments
This excerpt is from a piece that originally ran on November 5, 2024.
President Biden has appointed one Supreme Court justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson; 44 circuit court and 166 district court judges.
But what remains unclear is how many judicial vacancies Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, New York Democrat, will move to fill during the lame duck session between Election Day and January.
“There’s certainly some forecasting to be done, but there are a number of factors that keep it hard to calculate precisely,” said Zack Ford, a spokesperson with Alliance for Justice.
Those factors also include how many current judges will consider retiring.
“I do think it’s easy to say that there will be considerably fewer vacancies than the past two administrations have started with, dating back to the numerous positions [Senator Mitch] McConnell held open by not processing [former President Barack] Obama’s nominees at the end his administration,” Mr. Ford said.