The Confirmation Games Have Begun

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : That was then, this is Trump.
63% : President Trump is off to a good start in making key appointments.
53% : During his first term, for example, Trump appointed 54 judges to the U.S. Court of Appeals who are committed to interpreting the Constitution and statutes according to their original public meaning.
52% : Look for Trump to use the same criteria for his judicial nominations as he did in his first term.
51% : But if Trump exceeds the historical average for total appointees during his second term, as he did in his first, he may well appoint a majority of all active federal judges by filling existing vacancies as they occur.
49% : >>> Heritage Foundation Applauds Nomination of Andrew Puzder as Ambassador to E.U. In his first term, not counting the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, Trump first starting making lower court nominations on March 21, 2017, when he tapped then-U.S. District Judge Amul Thapar for the Sixth Circuit.
44% : To date, the Senate has confirmed 21 nominees to positions including the secretaries of twelve cabinet departments; attorney general; directors of national intelligence, OMB, and the FBI; trade representative; and heads of agencies such as the EPA, FEMA, and the Small Business Administration.
43% : Senate Republicans are demonstrating their confirmation commitment by giving Trump a higher confirmation total, in the face of unprecedented resistance, than previous presidents.
37% : The Heritage Foundation's Judicial Appointments Tracker shows that 43 positions on life-tenured federal courts are vacant today, less than half of the 108 vacancies when Trump took office in 2017.

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