If BL thinks the judicial system is(n't) broken now.... Just wait....
Trump could fill more judicial vacancies
than any first-term president in decades
State of the federal judiciary at the start of a presidential term
| PRESIDENT |
VACANT SEATS |
SENIOR SEATS |
MEDIAN AGE |
EXPECTED VACANCIES |
| Trump |
12% |
24% |
62.6 |
38% |
| Clinton |
14% |
9% |
58.6 |
31% |
| Obama |
6% |
15% |
60.6 |
29% |
| W. Bush |
10% |
10% |
57.6 |
26% |
| Nixon |
4% |
9% |
59.6 |
22% |
| Carter |
5% |
10% |
58.8 |
22% |
| Bush |
5% |
9% |
58.6 |
22% |
| Reagan |
5% |
10% |
58.1 |
21% |
| Ford |
3% |
8% |
58.3 |
13% |
Expected vacancies were calculated using a
survival model that accounts for judge age, court, the party of the appointing and sitting president and when the judge becomes eligible for senior status. Controlling for these factors, the model assumes judges will retire at roughly the same rate as they have over the past 30 years.