This week, the Senate confirmed eight of Trump's nominees. As it now stands, Trump has 51 more judicial nominees pending before the Senate.
Should only a handful of these clear the upper chamber, the president and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will have made Trump's promise a reality.
The president's process of selecting and vetting nominees has been fundamentally shaped by groups like the Federalist Society, according to reports. The organization's executive vice president, Leonard Leo, has worked multiple angles to produce a raft of reliably conservative nominees. The overwhelming majority of nominees are destined for one of the 94 U.S. District Courts , the federal trial court for most judicial matters. There is one nominee pending for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and one pending for United States Court of International Trade.
According to the ABA, a rating of well qualified signifies that a nominee is"at the top of the legal profession in his or her legal community; [has] outstanding legal ability, breadth of experience, and the highest reputation for integrity; and demonstrate[s] the capacity for sound judicial temperament."
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