Four. That’s All. Four. And Anthony Kennedy Has Apparently Changed His Mind.
By Erick Erickson | August 23, 2017, 08:57am | @ewerickson Perhaps the most compelling talking point used by President Trump’s friends in 2016 to defend him was the courts. It wasn’t just the Supreme Court. At the end of Barack Obama’s time in office, the federal judiciary had 105 US District and Circuit Court vacancies, which is the highest of any President except Bill Clinton since 1980.
Electing Trump would not only save the Supreme Court because of Antonin Scalia’s death, but he had the opportunity to shape the future of the country like few Presidents before him could. With that many vacancies, the President could have an outsized impact.
Except he isn’t. Thus far, the President has seen only four circuit and district court nominees confirmed by the Senate. Four. Obama had 11 in his first year. George W. Bush had 28. Bill Clinton had 27.
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