In 2025, Trump nominated a total of 34 individuals to the federal circuit and district courts, 26 of whom were confirmed. This is 29 fewer nominations than Trump made during the first year of his first administration, and that year also included the extensive confirmation process for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Of the 34 nominees:
We are seeing the most extreme MAGA zealots advanced to lifetime judgeships, in which they will loyally carry out Trump’s will long after he is no longer in office.AFJ President, Rachel Rossi
A new report from Alliance for Justice, Loyalty Litmus: The First Year of Trump 2.0’s Federal Courts, illustrates how Trump’s judicial nominees have been just as lacking in diversity as those from his first term, but their extremism has greatly increased.