Originally, this “By the Numbers” analysis was intended to provide a brief overview of some basic facts and statistics regarding the federal judiciary. But then it started to take on a life of its own, so I decided to break it into separate installments.
In Part 1, I shared a breakdown of the Supreme Court and the ratio of unanimous decisions to party-line decisions. I also provided a breakdown of the number of federal district court judges and appellate court judges appointed by each party/president.
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About the Federal Judiciary (Part 1)
Because so much of the focus of late has been on the litigation challenging executive actions taken by President Donald Trump, and because so many of those suits have been filed in the D.C. District Court, I thought it might be useful to take a deeper…
