Following is a comprehensive list of all Article III and Article IV United States federal judges appointed by President Barack Obama during his presidency, as well as a partial list of Article I federal judicial appointments, excluding appointments to the District of Columbia judiciary.
The total number of Obama Article III judgeship nominees to be confirmed by the United States Senate is 329, including two justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 55 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, 268 judges to the United States district courts, and four judges to the United States Court of International Trade. Obama did not make any recess appointments to the federal courts.
In terms of Article I courts, Obama made eight appointments to the United States Tax Court, three appointments to the United States Court of Federal Claims, three appointments to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, two appointments to the United States Court of Military Commission Review, and two appointments to the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He also elevated two chief judges of the Court of Federal Claims.
On the Article IV territorial courts, President Obama made two appointments and elevated one judge to the position of chief judge.
United States Supreme Court justices
Courts of appeals
District courts
United States Court of International Trade (Article III)
Specialty courts (Article I)
United States Court of Federal Claims
United States Tax Court
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
United States Court of Military Commission Review
Territorial courts (Article IV)
See also
- Federal Judicial Center
- Barack Obama judicial appointment controversies
- Barack Obama Supreme Court candidates
Notes
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