Obama to leave a lasting impact on federal courts: Analysis of US district courts (graphs included)

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The current composition of US district judges by party of appointing President:

Democratic appointees 264
Republican appointees 371

In pie graph form:




The current composition of US appeals court judges by party of appointing President:




Obama will have a 10% impact just by filling vacant seats:




Detailed information about the nominating party and percentage of vacant seats of each appeals court here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8086536

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1. Source:

http://www.fjc.gov/public/home.nsf/hisj

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2. In 8 years Bill Clinton appointed 66 appeals court judges, current vacant seats for Obama = 15

So in four years Obama will likely appoint another 15-20 appeals court judges resulting in at least another 10% swing. If he is there for 8 years it will be dramatic.

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3. Jimmy Carter nominated 56 appeals court judges in 4 years...

0 justices though.

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4. As far as the appointment of justices it appears that a President gets to nominate about 1 every 2

years on average.