President Trump Has Appointed 40 Appeals Court Judges

Forty (40) appeals court judges had been nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as of May 15, 2019. That total is higher than for any other president at this point in his tenure.

Richard Nixon had successfully appointed 25 appeals court judges by this point in his first term. George W. Bush had appointed 23. Trump’s immediate predecessor, Barack Obama, had appointed 18.

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