As far as I recall, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has a perfect 7–7 split between Democratic-appointed and Republican-appointed justices.
Schumer and Durbin never could get their act together to whip the votes necessary to confirm to confirm Ryan Park, nor did President Biden get around to finding an alternate nominee that would hav…
As far as I recall, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has a perfect 7–7 split between Democratic-appointed and Republican-appointed justices.
Schumer and Durbin never could get their act together to whip the votes necessary to confirm to confirm Ryan Park, nor did President Biden get around to finding an alternate nominee that would have sufficient support. Because of this malpractice, Trump gets to appoint the 15th judge to the Fourth Circuit, making it a Republican-appointed majority. (For the same reason, Trump gets to fill three other circuit court judgeships as well.)
Here is a chart that shows the composition of America’s Appeals Court when Biden entered office, as well as at the end of his term.
The 4th is actually 9 D-6 R, with no current vacancies. After Park failed to win confirmation, Dem appointee James Wynn rescinded his intention to retire. (Republicans cried foul, but piss on them since they effectively created the problem.) There is one likely D-R flip in the next four years with Robert Bruce King of WV which now has 2 GOP senators, unless King hangs on until at least 2029 when he'll be 89.
That chart may be counting Roger Gregory as a GOP appointee. Actually Clinton gave him a recess appointment, and Bush 43 then a permanent one that was confirmed. I count him as a Dem nominee.
As far as I recall, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has a perfect 7–7 split between Democratic-appointed and Republican-appointed justices.
Schumer and Durbin never could get their act together to whip the votes necessary to confirm to confirm Ryan Park, nor did President Biden get around to finding an alternate nominee that would have sufficient support. Because of this malpractice, Trump gets to appoint the 15th judge to the Fourth Circuit, making it a Republican-appointed majority. (For the same reason, Trump gets to fill three other circuit court judgeships as well.)
Here is a chart that shows the composition of America’s Appeals Court when Biden entered office, as well as at the end of his term.
https://www.acslaw.org/judicial-nominations/change-in-court-composition/
The 4th is actually 9 D-6 R, with no current vacancies. After Park failed to win confirmation, Dem appointee James Wynn rescinded his intention to retire. (Republicans cried foul, but piss on them since they effectively created the problem.) There is one likely D-R flip in the next four years with Robert Bruce King of WV which now has 2 GOP senators, unless King hangs on until at least 2029 when he'll be 89.
That chart may be counting Roger Gregory as a GOP appointee. Actually Clinton gave him a recess appointment, and Bush 43 then a permanent one that was confirmed. I count him as a Dem nominee.
Thank you for your great supplementary information and the correction!