Federal Bench
Big law firms dominated president donald trump s latest batch of federal judicial nominees on wednesday including a jones day associate who graduated from law school just eight years ago.
Federal bench. Federal charges upholding the rights and liberties contained within the constitution the selection process for these judges is laid out in article ii of the u s. An ogletree employment attorney easily won senate confirmation to the federal bench in the western district of pennsylvania in a monday vote that saw about a third of democrats join republicans to. The federal bench annual report 2016 the judiciary periodically apprises congress of the most pressing new judgeship needs while also maximizing the use of its resources to meet workload demands and ensure that justice is delivered in a timely manner to all litigants. The federal courts are composed of three levels of courts.
The senate on monday easily confirmed a state appellate judge to join the federal bench in the middle district of florida approving one of the few former public defenders to be nominated by. Policymakers can diversify the federal courts by confirming more lawyers from civil rights and public defender backgrounds to the bench as well as creating pipelines of young attorneys from a. The federal funds rate is an important benchmark in financial markets. Diversity of the federal bench courts should look like the people they represent.
The united states district courts one in each of the 94 federal judicial districts and three territorial courts are general federal trial courts although in certain cases congress has diverted original jurisdiction to specialized courts such as the court of international trade the foreign intelligence. While judges who sit on the federal bench are overwhelmingly white and male previous administrations have put an emphasis on increasing representation for both women and people of color. The term federal judge includes supreme court justices court of appeals judges and district court judges these judges make up the federal court system which litigates all u s. Nomination of first chaldean american to serve on federal bench headed to senate president trump tapped hala jarbou in august to fill a western district seat that has been vacant for three years.