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Barack Obama and Joe Biden with Supreme Court justices in the court's conference room, on January 14, 2009, the week before the inauguration. Shown are Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Stevens , Thomas , Ginsburg , and Souter .
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.
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 ...
Garland, 63, has been a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 1997. Obama picks centrist high court nominee; Republicans unmoved Skip to main content
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[10] [82] Garland's nomination was the 15th nomination to the Supreme Court to lapse at the end of a session of Congress. [83] Barack Obama was succeeded by Donald Trump on January 20, 2017. Shortly afterward, President Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to fill the Scalia vacancy. [84] Gorsuch was confirmed by the Senate on April 7, 2017. [85]
In a guest post on the independent scotusblog.com, Obama outlined the top qualities he is looking for in a replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia. Obama pledges to push ahead with Supreme Court ...
Ronnie L. White: On November 7, 2013, President Obama nominated Missouri Supreme Court Justice White to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. [227] White had previously been nominated for the same position by President Bill Clinton in 1997, but the nomination was defeated. [228]