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Home Front: Politix
Third Circuit Becomes First Federal Circuit To ‘Flip' Control Under Trump
2019-03-14
[DailyWire] Yesterday, the U.S. Senate confirmed, by a 54-45 vote, Paul Matey to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The Third Circuit has federal appellate jurisdiction for the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. With the confirmation of Matey, the Third Circuit becomes the first of the 13 federal appellate circuits to "flip" control under President Donald Trump from majority Democratic nominees to majority Republican nominees.
To give a little context, Matey is the 35th Trump nominee to be confirmed to a federal circuit court of appeals. In other words, it took 35 appointments to flip a single circuit. The 4th, 10th and 11th circuits remain heavily foobared with Obama appointees, and we are running out of vacancies.
Yes, but loading the lower courts with conservative judges means they will be the pool from which future appeals court vacancies will be filled. A march through the institution, to coin a phrase.
Posted by:Iblis

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Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-03-14 19:24  

#6  All lubberly lawyerly smarties
Who represent relevant parties
Will cushion me banc
Or be walkin' the plank,
And addresss me as, "Cap'n," me hearties!
Posted by: Big Fillmore7511   2019-03-14 18:21  

#5  Glad they are getting things done this year. The 2020 election year is going to be a circus.
Posted by: magpie   2019-03-14 14:33  

#4  Additional data points:

There are 6 circuit judges awaiting confirmation (two on the 2nd and four on the 9th).
There are 3 more vacancies without nominees (3rd, 5th and 9th circuits).
There is one announced future vacancy on the 2nd.

That's it. There will, of course, be additional vacancies but for now that's all the action on the appeals courts. The next stage of this drama will be filling the 129 vacancies on district courts -- which is where the proposed rule change will be helpful.
Posted by: Iblis   2019-03-14 11:40  

#3  Trump still has seventeen nominations to go.

Assuming no more of the current judges retire or die in the next six years.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-03-14 09:46  

#2  Look on the bright side. Had Clinton won, all the Circuit Courts would have been ineluctably left-wing for the next quarter century. Trump still has seventeen nominations to go.
Posted by: Spomoter Cholurt9760   2019-03-14 07:48  

#1  First attorney to use the phrase "Arrgh Matey" gets a contempt citation.
Posted by: ed in texas   2019-03-14 07:22  

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