NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House on Wednesday [6-7-17] announced a new slate of 11 judicial nominees, making good on a promise last month to name monthly waves of candidates to the federal bench in a methodical effort to fill more than 120 openings.
The administration’s attention to judicial vacancies stands in contrast to its less vigorous efforts to fill empty positions in the executive branch, where many senior positions remain vacant.
The new nominees, like the 10 announced last month, include prominent conservative judges and scholars.
President Trump’s appointment of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court created one of the vacancies the White House now seeks to fill. Justice Gorsuch had served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, in Denver.”
-Adam Liptak, “White House Announces Slate of 11 Judicial Nominees,” The New York Times online, June 7, 2017