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During his one term in office, President Joe Biden (D) nominated 252 individuals to federal judgeships on Article III courts. Biden made 241 judicial appointments.^[1] Of those appointments, 235 were Article III judges.^[2]

On February 28, 2022, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court to replace Justice Stephen Breyer, who announced his intent to retire at the start of the court's summer recess, which typically takes place in late June or early July.^[3] The U.S. Senate confirmed Jackson on April 7, 2022, by a vote of 53-47.^[4] Click here to read more.

This page provides an overview of the status of federal judicial nominees appointed by President Joe Biden (D). This page also provides additional procedural and historical context about Biden's judicial nominees and the nomination records of previous presidents, including the following information:

• List of judicial nominees;
• Supreme Court nominees appointed by Biden;
• The number of historical judicial appointments made by presidents between 1933 and 2021;

List of judges

The following is a table of President Biden's nominations for federal judgeships. Among the most notable of these is Supreme Court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Supreme Court nominees appointed by Biden

Ketanji Brown Jackson

See also: Supreme Court vacancy, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to serve on the United States Supreme Court on June 30, 2022, the same day Stephen Breyer retired from the court.^[5][6]

Breyer officially announced his retirement on January 27.^[7][8] President Joe Biden (D) said he would nominate Jackson to fill Breyer's vacancy on February 25.^[9] Jackson was confirmed by the Senate in a 53-47 vote on April 7, 2022.^[10]

Writing for SCOTUSblog, Amy Howe wrote: "Although Breyer is apparently in good health and by all accounts enjoys his job, Democrats began calling for him to retire shortly after the 2020 election so that President Joe Biden could nominate a younger judge to take his place."^[11] Breyer said on June 29 that his retirement would take effect the following day.^[5]

Jackson was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by Biden in 2021 and the Senate confirmed her the same year. She served on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 2013 to 2021, and as a vice-chair and commissioner on the United States Sentencing Commission from 2010 to 2014.^[12] Jackson has previously clerked for Breyer during his tenure on the Supreme Court, worked as a lawyer in private practice, and as an assistant federal public defender.^[13]

Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution gives the President of the United States the authority to nominate Supreme Court justices, and they are appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate.

The average vacancy length on the Supreme Court since 1962—when defined as the length of time elapsed between a Justice’s departure date and the swearing-in of their successor—is 86 days. Four of these vacancies lasted for only a few hours each, with the successor being sworn in the same day the retiring Justice officially left office. The longest vacancy under this definition was 422 days, following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.

Historical context

Appointments by current president

See also: Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump

Appointments since Theodore Roosevelt

See also: Federal judicial appointments by president

The following chart shows the total judgeship appointments made by each president from 1901 to 2024.

The following chart shows the judgeship appointments by court made by each president from 1901 to 2024. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is abbreviated as USCAFC. The U.S. Court of Federal Claims, previously known as the U.S. Court of Claims, is abbreviated USCFC.

The following chart shows the average number of judicial appointments per year in office by presidents from 1901 to 2024.

The chart below shows the number of appeals court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through December 31 of the fourth year of each president's term in office. At this point in the term, President Trump had the most appeals court appointments with 54.

The chart below shows the number of district court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through December 31 of the fourth year of each president's term in office. At this point in the term, President Joe Biden had the most district court appointments with 187.

See also

• Judicial vacancies during the Biden administration
• Current federal judicial vacancies

External links

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• Administrative Office of U.S. Courts
• U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee

Footnotes

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