How Many More Trump Nominees Can the Senate Confirm Before the Midterms?

How Many More Trump Nominees Can the Senate Confirm Before the Midterms?

President Donald Trump’s ambitious efforts to pack the federal courts with judges who are loyal to him above all else is running headlong into the simple fact that there just aren’t that many vacancies left to fill. There are no more appellate court vacancies without nominees. Many district court vacancies are in states represented by Democratic senators, who, under the Senate Judiciary Committee’s blue slip policy, would have to approve any pot…