Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for June 1 – Ballotpedia News

Welcome to the June 7th issue of Bold Justice, Ballotpedia’s newsletter on the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) and other US court events

Disputes may be in the SCOTUS rear-view mirror, but the court rolls through the opinion season before heading into its summer break. So let’s open the sunroof, crank up the traffic jams and hit the streets.

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SCOTUS has accepted four cases since our May 10th issue. To date, the court has agreed to hear 18 cases for the upcoming 2021-2022 term, which is slated to begin on October 4, 2021.

• Badgerow v. Walters concerns the jurisdiction of the federal courts to confirm or set aside an arbitral award under the Federal Arbitration Act. Badgerow emerged from the U.S. 5th District Court of Appeals.
• The women’s health organization Dobbs v. Jackson deals with the constitutionality of a Mississippi state law that prohibits abortion after the 15th week of pregnancy, except in cases of medical emergencies or fetal abnormalities. The case is a direct challenge to the court’s decision in the Roe v. Wade (1973). The question asked is “[w]Also, all bans before electoral abortions are feasible are unconstitutional. ”Dobbs comes from the 5th district.
• Shinn v. Ramirez concerns the amount of evidence a federal appeals court can consider when considering a habeas relief application. The question asked is “[d]Does the application of the fairness rule that this Martinez court announced against Ryan make 28 USC § 2254 (e) (2) inapplicable to a federal court review of a habeas relief claim? ” Shinn is from the US 9th District Court of Appeals.
• Unicolors, Inc. v H&M Hennes & Mauritz, LP concerns copyright infringement claims related to fabric designs. The question put to the court is:[d]id the Ninth Circle is wrong in breaking its own previous precedent and the findings of other circles and the Copyright Office by stating that 17 USC § 411 requires referral to the Copyright Office if there is no evidence of fraud or material error in There is a problem with the subject of copyright registration? ”Unicolors come from the 9th circle.

Opinions

Since our May 10th issue, SCOTUS has issued comments in 10 cases. So far, the court has issued 42 reports during this term of office. Seven cases were decided without argument. Of the cases discussed during the term of office, 22 have not yet been decided.

Click the links below to review the judgments of the court in the most recently decided cases:

May 17, 2021

May 24, 2021

May 27, 2021

June 1, 2021

June 3, 2021

The next SCOTUS dates

Here are the upcoming dates for the court:

• June 7th: SCOTUS will approve orders.
• June 10th: SCOTUS becomes conference. A conference is a private meeting of the judges.
• June 14th: SCOTUS will approve orders.
• June 17th: SCOTUS becomes conference.
• June 21: SCOTUS will approve orders.
• June 24th: SCOTUS becomes conference.
• June 28th: ​​SCOTUS will approve orders.

Only one US president was also a Supreme Court judge. Who was it?

1. Grover Cleveland
2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
3. Woodrow Wilson
4. William Howard Taft

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The Federal Vacancy Count tracks vacancies, nominations, and approvals in all US Article III federal courts for a period of one month. This month’s edition contains nominations, confirmations and job offers from May 1st to June 1st.

Highlights

• Job offers: There have been six new jobs in the judiciary since the April 2021 report. Of the 870 active judicial posts under Article III, which are dealt with in this report, 81 vacancies are to be filled. Including the US Federal Court and the United States Territorial Courts, 85 of the 890 active federal judicial posts are vacant.
• Nominations: There have been six new nominations since the April 2021 report.
• Confirmations: There have been no new confirmations since the April 2021 report.

Job posting for June 1, 2021

A breakdown of the vacancies at each level can be found in the table below. For a more detailed overview of job vacancies at the federal courts, click here.

*Although the territorial courts of the United States are referred to as district courts, they are not Article III courts. They are created in accordance with the authority granted under Article IV of the US Constitution. Click here for more info.

new job offers

Six judges left active status, creating Article III judge posts for life since the previous number of vacancies was counted. The President appoints persons to fill vacant positions as judges in accordance with Article III. Nominations require confirmation by the US Senate.

The following table shows the number of job vacancies in the United States Appeals Courts from the inauguration of President Joe Biden (D) to the date shown in the table.

Open positions in US District Courts

The map below shows the number of open positions in the U.S. District Courts as of June 1, 2021.

New nominations

President Joe Biden (D) has announced six new nominations since the April 2021 report.

New confirmations

June 2021, there were no federal court confirmations during the Biden administration.

In June of the first year of President Donald Trump’s (R) presidency, the US Senate had confirmed two of Trump’s Article III judge candidates.

Do you need judicial appointment, confirmation, and job posting on a daily basis? For more information on the status of all federal justice candidates, click here.

Also, keep an eye on our list for the latest information on federal judge nominations.

Hello dear readers! We’re continuing our journey through federal court history via TWA flight and, oh dear, is this a space race? Today’s edition of Bold Justice highlights President John F. Kennedy (D) nominated federal justice candidates from 1961 to 1963.

One hundred and twenty-five of President Kennedy’s judicial nominations were confirmed. The US Senate did not vote on 23 of the nominees. Among the most notable appointments were Supreme Court Justices Arthur Goldberg and Byron White. Both judges were nominated and commissioned in 1962.

President Kennedy’s first Article III appointee was sustained March 3, 1961 – Judge William McRae in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. By the end of his first year in office, 56 of Kennedy’s candidates had been confirmed – 11 for circuit judges and 45 for seats in the US district court. Kennedy had an average of 44 judge appointments per year. For comparison: President Jimmy Carter (D) had the highest average from 1901 to 2021 with 65.5 appointments per year.

We’ll be back on July 12th with a new edition of Bold Justice. Until then, give up!

Contributions

Kate Carsella has compiled and edited this newsletter with contributions from Brittony Maag, Jace Lington and Sara Reynolds.

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