President Donald Trump recently boasted about the unusually high number of judicial appointments he has made so far, but in doing so he exaggerated and mischaracterized some of the facts.
Trump’s Exaggerated Judicial Boasts
Issues: judicial nominations
Trump’s Numbers July 2019 Update
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.
Trump’s Hollow Complaint
A report issued by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service indicates that while the average time for confirmation is historically high, federal judges appointed by President Trump were confirmed faster than in President Obama’s first year.