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American lawyer and jurist (born 1972)
President Donald J. Trump, across his time in office and into his second term through December 9, 2025, had 260 Article III federal judges confirmed — including three Supreme Court associate justices ...
Three current U.S. Supreme Court justices—Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett—were appointed by President Donald Trump, a shift that transformed the Court’s center of gravity and helpe...
’s first term (2017–2021) produced a mix of durable institutional changes—most notably sweeping judicial appointments and a major tax overhaul—alongside aggressive , energy-policy shifts, and high-pro...
Donald Trump’s first term produced a large, well-documented reshaping of the federal bench: 234 Article III judges were confirmed from 2017–2021, including three Supreme Court justices and 54 appellat...
The reporting and opinions show this was not a 7–2 decision but a sharply divided 6–3 Supreme Court ruling that recognized substantial presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for some official...
Donald Trump’s judicial appointments substantially increased the share of Republican-appointed judges on the federal bench—most markedly on the courts of appeals—while producing only more modest shift...
Donald Trump’s judicial footprint altered the federal judiciary in two distinct ways: by reshaping the Supreme Court through conservative confirmations that produced consequential doctrinal shifts, an...
and diverged sharply in both scale and strategy when reshaping the : Obama made a larger number of total over eight years and emphasized diversity and professional credentials, while Trump — working w...
’s Supreme Court and lower-court nominees shifted the federal judiciary decisively rightward, producing outcomes that helped eliminate Roe’s federal protection for abortion and that have increased jud...
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the 6–3 majority opinion holding that a President has absolute immunity for “core constitutional powers” and presumptive immunity for other official acts, while Justic...
Donald Trump’s three Supreme Court appointments—Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett—fundamentally altered the Court’s balance and directly contributed to a judicial environment that e...