Judicial vacancies during President Trump's first term
HIGHLIGHTS
• Of the 870 life-term federal judicial positions, Trump inherited 108 vacancies…
• The 108 vacancies represented roughly one in every eight life-term judicial positions (12.41%).
• Over half, or approximately 438, judges currently serving in these 870 positions will be eligible to take senior status, thereby creating a judicial vacancy, by the end of 2020. This means there is a possibility that 50.3 percent of life-term appointments could be vacant by the end of Trump's first term.
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