[20210304]IN11625_在新总统任期的前六个月内提交的美国巡回法院和地方法院提名.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations Submitted During the First Six Months of a New Presidency March 4, 2021 This Insight provides, from the Clinton presidency to the Trump presidency, comparative historical data related to U.S. circuit and district court nominations that were made during the first six months of a Presidents first year in office (i.e., from January 20 through July 20). Because the first six months of President Bidens time in office have yet to conclude, they are not included in the figures below. Information related to the Biden presidency to date is, however, provided in the text. Nomination Opportunities Each of the Presidents included in the analysis “inherited” U.S. circuit and district vacancies that existed prior to his assuming office on January 20. Such vacancies also continued to occur after his term in office began. Consequently, each President had opportunities to submit judicial nominations to the Senate during the first six months of his presidency. Of the four presidencies included in the figures below, the number of U.S. circuit court vacancies that existed on March