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During his final year in office, Obama had an opportunity to fill a third Supreme Court vacancy, following the February 13, 2016, death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. On March 16, 2016, he nominated Merrick Garland , the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to the Court. [ 3 ]
[1] [2] It was Obama's first State of the Union Address and his second speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker , Nancy Pelosi , accompanied by Joe Biden , the vice president , in his capacity as the president of the Senate .
Louis B. Butler: Butler unsuccessfully ran for the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2000 and lost by a wide margin. [187] He was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2004, but narrowly lost the 2008 election to retain the seat. [188] On September 30, 2009, President Obama nominated Butler to serve on the District Court.
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The total number of Obama Article III judgeship nominees to be confirmed by the United States Senate is 329, including two justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 55 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, 268 judges to the United States district courts, and four judges to the United States Court of International Trade. Obama ...
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest ranking judicial body in the United States.Established by Article III of the Constitution, the Court was organized by the 1st United States Congress through the Judiciary Act of 1789, which specified its original and appellate jurisdiction, created 13 judicial districts, and fixed the size of the Supreme Court at six, with one chief justice ...