So, when can we expect federal (non-SCOTUS) judicial appointments?

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Anyone recall from past Presidents?

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1. aren't federal judge appointments life-time or until retirement age? nt

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4. There are 54 open seats in the federal judiciary right now

http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/judicialnominations.htm

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5. wow, that's more than I would have thought. Do those need approval from Congress

or the Senate? I remember some comments (on another website) critical of Biden not taking some action to move appointments for judges in Delaware along - some deal where the Senators from the state are supposed to help move things forward, but the commenters felt Biden was dragging his feet hoping for a stronger Dem congress/ President.

If I learned anything about federal judge appointments back in civics, I've forgotten it all.

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6. yep but Dems have plenty of votes so they need to send em up

[treestar]

2. Whenever a judge next leaves

[wellstone dem]

3. my guess is there are some current vacancies. nt

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7. Fairly soon, but maybe not until top DoJ appointments are confirmed

Only so much Senate Judiciary can handle at once. I suspect they've got a list of names and are doing some vetting, but won't start sending them up to the hill until they can deal with them

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8. I would like a back channel on deep background and off the record on that

k?