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    • Balance of the bench

    Sitting circuit judges by appointing president's party
    D.C. Cir.
    1 D · 3 R
    Eighth Cir.
    3 D · 11 R
    Eleventh Cir.
    8 D · 5 R
    Federal Cir.
    8 D · 4 R
    Fifth Cir.
    4 D · 15 R
    First Cir.
    4 D · 2 R
    Fourth Cir.
    9 D · 9 R
    Ninth Cir.
    20 D · 17 R
    Second Cir.
    8 D · 8 R
    Seventh Cir.
    3 D · 8 R
    Sixth Cir.
    5 D · 15 R
    Tenth Cir.
    8 D · 6 R
    Third Cir.
    8 D · 8 R

    The ideology map

    244 judges, measured from their own opinions
    ← PurposivistTextualist →← Defers to governmentSkeptical of government →Suzanne B. ConlonRuth Bader GinsburgStephen Gerald BreyerHenry Travillion Wingate — District Court, S.D. MississippiJames Lawrence KingJon Ernest DeGuilio — District Court, N.D. IndianaRichard J. Leon — District Court, District of ColumbiaFrederick LandisRobert Palmer AndersonLevi WoodburyTimothy D. LeonardRichard Dickson CudahyStanley MatthewsPeter Hill BeerFrederick J. MartoneA. David MazzoneAlan Eugene NorrisJames Ellsworth NolandAlfred M. WolinStephen John RothBarbara A. CaulfieldRobert J. CindrichNapoleon A. Jones jrJames R. CarriganRoslyn O. SilverWilliam Walter WilkinsBernard NewmanJohn Edwards ConwayHubert Louis WillEddie J. McShan — Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New YorkTimothy James Kelly — District Court, District of ColumbiaDavid Gregory Kays — District Court, W.D. MissouriJames Waldo AckermanDaniel T. K. HurleyWilliam Corwin StuartBrian Stacy Miller — District Court, E.D. ArkansasJonathan Lippman — New York Court of ClaimsCarolyn R. DimmickJames Leo RyanThomas Morrow ReavleyJanice Rogers Brown — District Court, District of ColumbiaDavid Lynn RussellPaul Wooten — Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New YorkDavid William EvansDeborah L. Cook — Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitHalbert Owen WoodwardSven Erik HolmesEarl WarrenFranklin S. Billings jrLee Roy WestJohn R. Higgitt — Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New YorkAmul Roger Thapar — District Court, E.D. KentuckyMary Murphy SchroederMaxine M. ChesneyFrederic BlockGerald Bard Tjoflat — Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitBarbara Milano Keenan — Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitRoger Jeffrey MinerHarold H. GreeneHowell Edmunds JacksonHiram Rafael CancioAmy Coney Barrett — Supreme Court of the United StatesAllison H. Eid — Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitBrett M. Kavanaugh — Supreme Court of the United StatesChad Andrew Readler — Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitJames Hargrove MeredithSylvia H. RamboJames Knoll Gardner — District Court, E.D. PennsylvaniaJames Martin FitzgeraldJohn Trice NixonLawrence Aloysius WhippleJohn Baylor Nalbandian — Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitNoel Lawrence Hillman — District Court, D. New JerseyFrank MurphyJohn Louis CoffeyRobert Houghwout JacksonFrederick Moore VinsonAlfred V. CovelloAlice Moore Batchelder — Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitSaundra Brown ArmstrongClarence Thomas — Supreme Court of the United StatesRichard W. GoldbergDenis Reagan HurleyEdith Brown Clement — Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitIlana Kara Diamond Rovner — Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitKent A. Jordan — Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitBrian P. Quinn — District Court, S.D. TexasWilliam Duane Benton — Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitCharles Evans HughesJames B. Loken — Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOliver Winston WangerStanley Marcus — Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitDenny Chin — Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitGeorge B. Daniels — District Court, S.D. New YorkRichard A. Paez — Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitKaren Nelson Moore — Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitRansey Guy Cole jr — Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitBlanche M. ManningMarcia G. Cooke — District Court, S.D. FloridaWilliam Howard TaftMary Beck Briscoe — Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitGeorge H. Wu — District Court, C.D. CaliforniaSusan Graber — Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitRosemary BarkettRichard A. LazzaraRichard C. Wesley — Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitRichard Dean RogersDiane S. Sykes — Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitEdmund V. LudwigHelen W. GillmorEdward Francis HarringtonDavid Brock HornbyRobert B. KrupanskyRoss RizleyThomas M. Rose — District Court, S.D. OhioThomas Day ThacherWalter Hartman HodgeSidney Runyan Thomas — Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJames L. Dennis — Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitWilliam Bernard HerlandsMary Margaret McKeown — Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSusan Webber WrightNils Andreas BoeDori ContrerasNathan Lincoln HechtSamuel Hugh DillinJulia Smith Gibbons — Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitKathleen Cardone — District Court, W.D. TexasStephen Roy Reinhardt — Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitReena Raggi — Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitSandra Segal Ikuta — Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitPaul D. Borman — District Court, E.D. MichiganLawrence Edward WalshDavid G. TragerCecil F. PooleRichard Bevan AustinOdell HortonHerbert Funk GoodrichPaul Ramon MatiaRobert Morton DuncanJames Stuart HoldenWalter Meheula HeenElliott NorthcottEdwin Leard MechemDavid Hackett SouterJames Marshall SprouseGuy Kurtz BardDick Yin WongJohn Paul jrRichard D. Bennett — District Court, D. MarylandJose Alberto Cabranes — Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitChristopher Fitzgerald Droney — Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitWillis B. Hunt jrLuz Elena D. ChapaWilkie D. Ferguson jrPaul G. Gardephe — District Court, S.D. New YorkRonald Murray Gould — Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitGeorge F. Gunn jrRaymond W. Gruender — Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitDavid Frank Hamilton — Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitAloyisus Leon Higginbotham jrGeorge Howard jrPaul William Grimm — District Court, D. MarylandRobert Edward JonesJohn L. Kane jrJohn Fontaine KeenanRobert Ernest KeetonEdward Robert KormanKermit Victor LipezAlva Moore LumpkinSandra Lea Lynch — Court of Appeals for the First CircuitDavid William McKeague — Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitJames V. AllredCharles Gelbert NeeseJon Ormond NewmanPaul Victor Niemeyer — Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitRalph Wilson Nimmons jrJohn Weld Peck 2Donald James PorterJoseph J. MalteseElsijane Trimble RoyJohn Glover Roberts jr — Supreme Court of the United StatesDennis W. Shedd — Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitWilliam K. Sessions 3Lavenski R. Smith — Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitTalbot SmithDavid Brooks Smith — Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitLacy Herman ThornburgThomas Ignatius Vanaskie — Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitWilliam Byrd Traxler jr — Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitHorace Taliaferro WardJames Harvie Wilkinson 3 — Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitWilliam Hedgcock WebsterJames Block Zagel — District Court, N.D. IllinoisHarold Dale CookRudolph Thomas Randa — District Court, E.D. WisconsinVincent Lyons BroderickLewis Thornton BabcockHarold Baer jrJohn Thomas ElfvinJudith Morgenstern BarzilayStephen Nathaniel Limbaugh jr — District Court, E.D. MissouriJohn Byron Owen — Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitGeorge Steven Agee — Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitClyde S. Cahill jrConsuelo Maria Callahan — Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitWilliam Cameron Canby jrRoger Brooke TaneyJames Francis ByrnesAntonin ScaliaArthur Joseph GoldbergSamuel A. Alito jr — Supreme Court of the United StatesChristine M. Arguello — District Court, D. ColoradoMorris Sheppard ArnoldJames W. KehoeSteven M. Colloton — Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitAdalberto Jose Jordan — Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitJames Earl Graves jr — Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitPaul Gerhart HatfieldThomas Edward FairchildAlbert Tate jrJames Anthony ReddenRonnie Lee White — District Court, E.D. MissouriJames Andrew Wynn jr — Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitGary S. Katzmann — United States Court of International TradeMichael Brian Brennan — Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitEdward Domenic ReMichael Yale Scudder jr — Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitWilliam Joseph Brennan jrDabney Langhorne Friedrich — District Court, District of ColumbiaBrian Matthew Morris — District Court, D. MontanaCarlos T. Bea — Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitRobert J. TimlinJoseph Woodrow HatchettNeil McGill Gorsuch — Supreme Court of the United StatesMorton Aaron BrodyFrank Hoover Easterbrook — Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitMichael James Davis — District Court, D. MinnesotaDavid Andrew PineJohn McCarthy RollLouis J. FreehRichard Allen Griffin — Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitDelwen Lowell JensenJohn Raymond Hargrove sr

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    The Supreme Court

    Seniority order · colored by appointing party
    John Glover Roberts jr

    C.J. Roberts

    Clarence Thomas

    Thomas

    Samuel A. Alito jr

    Alito

    Sonia Sotomayor

    Sotomayor

    Elena Kagan

    Kagan

    Neil McGill Gorsuch

    Gorsuch

    Brett M. Kavanaugh

    Kavanaugh

    Amy Coney Barrett

    Barrett

    Ketanji Brown Jackson

    Jackson

    The federal bench, mapped

    Colored by circuit — click a state to see who binds it
    1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11thD.C.

    Open seats

    27 federal vacancies · 4 with a nominee

    Article III vacancies are filled by President Donald Trump with Senate confirmation.

    • 02 - NY-S

      Vacated by Schofield,Lorna G. · Senior · 12/31/2024

    • 05 - TX-S

      Vacated by Rosenthal,Lee H. · Senior · 12/01/2024

      Nominee: Colmenero,Angela Veronica

    • 02 - NY-S

      Vacated by Seibel,Cathy · Senior · 11/03/2025

    • 11 - FL-M

      Vacated by Corrigan,Timothy J. · Senior · 11/02/2024

    • 06 - OH-S

      Vacated by Watson,Michael H. · Senior · 11/01/2025

      Nominee: Byrne,Matthew R.

    • District of ME (1st Cir.)

      Vacated by Torresen,Nancy · Senior · 10/11/2025

    • 05 - TX-N

      Vacated by Boyle,Jane J. · Senior · 10/01/2025

    • 05 - LA-E

      Vacated by Africk,Lance M. · Senior · 10/01/2024

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    The docket wire

    111,411 opinions · 6,574 judges
    all issuesimmigrationabortiongunselectionscriminal lawbusiness & regulatorylabor & employmentenvironmentfree speechreligious libertycivil rightsfederal powertaxeshealthcarefamily lawpropertyproceduretorts & liability
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    Court level:Supreme CourtCircuit courtsFederal districtState courts
    Author's philosophy:Reads the law as writtenWeighs intent & purposeSkeptical of gov powerDefers to gov power
    Ruling status:⚠ overturned on appeal (99)⚖ built on overturned rulings (2069)
    • California v. TexasJun 17, 2021

      Stephen Gerald BreyerStephen Gerald Breyer· Supreme Court of the United Stateshealthcarefederal powertaxes

    • McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Fla. Dept. of Business RegulationJun 4, 1990

      ⚖️William Joseph Brennan jr· Supreme Court of the United Statescites overturned authoritybusiness & regulatorytaxesfederal power

    • Dietrich v. AlexanderJan 21, 1977

    ⚖️Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham jr· District Court, E.D. Pennsylvaniataxesprocedure

  • Estate of Kennedy v. United StatesJul 23, 1969

    ⚖️Donald Stuart Russell· District Court, D. South Carolinataxesfamily lawproperty

  • Cooper Agency v. United StatesJul 16, 1969

    ⚖️Donald Stuart Russell· District Court, D. South Carolinataxesprocedure

  • Hampton Pontiac, Inc. v. United StatesJan 8, 1969

    ⚖️Donald Stuart Russell· District Court, D. South Carolinataxesbusiness & regulatory

  • Waterman Steamship Corp. v. United StatesOct 11, 1965

    Arthur Joseph GoldbergArthur Joseph Goldberg· Supreme Court of the United Statestaxesbusiness & regulatory

  • Sansone v. United StatesMar 29, 1965

    Arthur Joseph GoldbergArthur Joseph Goldberg· Supreme Court of the United Statescriminal lawtaxes

  • United States Gypsum Co. v. Department of RevenueSep 21, 1961

    ⚖️George Clifton Edwards jr· Michigan Supreme Courttaxesbusiness & regulatoryprocedure

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      Superior Court of Pennsylvania

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      Superior Court of Pennsylvania

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