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handle is hein.crs/govecml0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional a Research Service 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 President's first year in office (i.e., from January 20 through July 20). Because the first six months of President Biden's 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 1 during the first six months of each presidency ranged from a low of 15 for the Obama presidency to a high of 29 for the George W. Bush presidency. There were 19 and 18 such vacancies, respectively, on March 1 during the first six months of the Trump and Clinton presidencies. For the Biden presidency, there were four vacant U.S. circuit court judgeships on March 1, 2021. Of the four presidencies included in the figures below, the number of U.S. district court vacancies that existed on March 1 during the first six months of each presidency ranged from a low of 50 for the Obama presidency to a high of 95 for the Clinton presidency. There were 93 and 65 such vacancies, respectively, on March 1 during each of the first six months of the Trump and George W. Bush presidencies. For the Biden presidency, there were 59 vacant U.S. district court judgeships on March 1, 2021. At least a couple of months typically have passed between the start of a new presidency and when a President submits his first judicial nominations to the Senate. A President often works with home state Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11625 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Membersand Committeesof Congress

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