Weekly Judicial Update - March 2, 2026

Judicial Update reports each week on activity during the previous week in new federal court vacancies, court nominations and confirmations of Article III (lifetime tenure) judges. For a masterlist of confirmations and judicial vacancies and nominees to fill these vacancies plus judicial nominee biographies, see Federal Section of NationsCourts.com.

The following table shows vacancies and nominations (including future vacancies for which nominees have been named) pending as of Friday, February 27, 2026 (for details, see vacancies and nominations).

 
New Vacancies:
During the previous week (Feb 23 - Feb 27), there were no new vacancies in the U.S. appellate or U.S. district courts.

For masterlist of court vacancies in the federal appellate and district courts and nominations to fill these vacancies, click here. 

New Nominees:
During the previous week, there were no new nominations in the appellate or district courts.

 For biographical information on those nominated thus far by the Trump administration, click here. 

New Confirmations:
During the previous week, there were no new confirmations to the appellate or district courts.

For masterlist of confirmations, click here.

Senate Judiciary Committee:
For upcoming schedule of the committee, click here.

Current Status: Vacancies, Nominations, Confirmations:
As of March 2, 2026, there are 38 Article III (lifetime tenure) vacancies in the federal courts, including none in the appellate courts and 37 in the district courts and 1 in the U.S. Court of Int'l Trade. There are 4 nominees pending to fill these vacancies, all of the nominees being to the district courts. 

Thus far in Trump's second term, there have been 33 confirmations, 6 in the appellate courts and 27 in the district courts.

NationsCourts.com will note court vacancies, judicial nominations, and confirmations (or rejections) as they occur. See court nominations and confirmations included herein.

Trump - Biden Judiciary Scorecards:
President Biden during his four years as president (2021-2025) had 235 of his judicial nominations confirmed, 1 to the Supreme Court, 45 to the appellate courts, 187 to the district courts, and 2 to the U.S. Court of Int'l Trade.

During President Trump's first four years in office (2017-21), the U.S. Senate confirmed 234 federal judges that he nominated, including 3 Supreme Court justices; 54 judges to the appellate courts; 174 judges to the district courts; and 3 judges to the Court of Int'l Trade.

The following table shows current composition of U.S. appeals courts based on Republican and Democrat Presidential judicial appointments:

 

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