The number of judicial vacancies continues to gradually tick downward. Last week the Senate voted to confirm four more judicial nominees, including Dan Bress, President Trump’s newest court of appeals judge on the Ninth Circuit. This week the Senate is in session again and poised to confirm Peter Phipps to a vacant seat on the Third Circuit. Phipps’ confirmation vote is currently scheduled for 3:00 pm today. If confirmed, Phipps would be the 43rd circuit court judge confirmed since Inauguration Day.
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee is slated to have a nominations hearing, with the nominees still to be announced as of this writing. On Thursday, the Committee will hold an executive business meeting to consider the nominations of several judicial nominees …
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