[20220105]IN11836_拜登总统任期第一年确认的美国巡回法院提名人：概述和比较分析.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i U.S. Circuit Court Nominees Confirmed During the First Year of the Biden Presidency: Overview and Comparative Analysis January 5, 2022 This Insight provides information related to the number of U.S. circuit court nominees confirmed during the first calendar year of the Biden presidency (2021), as well as information about the number of such nominees confirmed during the first years of presidencies from 1953 to 2017. Additionally, this Insight provides demographic information about President Bidens confirmed nominees, as well as the nominees confirmed during the first years of the presidencies of his three immediate predecessorsPresidents Trump, Obama, and George W. Bush. Another Insight, available here, provides similar information about U.S. district court nominees. U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals The U.S. courts of appeals, or circuit courts, hear challenges to U.S. district court decisions and also review the decisions of many administrative agencies. The United States is divided into 12 geographic circuits, each with a U.S. court of appeals. One additional appellate court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for