During President Bill Clinton's first and second terms of office, he nominated 24 people for 20 federal appellate judgeships but the nominees were not processed by the

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-controlled

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. Three of the nominees who were not processed (

Christine Arguello Christine Marie Arguello (born July 15, 1955) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a Senior status, senior United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado and is a ...

Andre M. Davis Andre Maurice Davis (born February 11, 1949) is the former city solicitor for Baltimore and a former United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He was formerly a United ...

and S. Elizabeth Gibson) were nominated after July 1, 2000, the traditional start date of the unofficial Thurmond Rule during a presidential election year. Democrats claim that Senate Republicans of the

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purposely tried to keep open particular judgeships as a political maneuver to allow a future Republican president to fill them. Of the 20 seats in question, four were eventually filled with different Clinton nominees, fourteen were later filled with Republican nominees by President

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and two continued to stay open during Bush's presidency. Senator

Harry Reid Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Sena ...

, the Democratic leader of the

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during the

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, and Senator

Patrick Leahy Patrick Joseph Leahy (; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who is the senior United States senator from Vermont and serves as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, ...

, the Democratic leader of the Senate Judiciary Committee under Reid, repeatedly mentioned the controversy over President Clinton's court of appeals nominees during the controversy involving the confirmation of Republican court of appeals nominees during the last two years of Bush's second term. Republicans claimed that Democrats were refusing to confirm certain longstanding Bush nominees in order to allow a future Democratic president in 2009 to fill those judgeships. During his presidency, Clinton also nominated 45 people for 42 federal district judgeships who were never confirmed by the United States Senate and successfully nominated 66 people for appellate judgeships.

List of unsuccessful federal judicial nominations

Clinton made 72 nominations for federal judgeships that were not confirmed by the Senate. Of these, one, Ronnie L. White, was rejected by the Senate, 11 were withdrawn by President Clinton, 10 were withdrawn by President

, while the other 50 expired at an adjournment of the Senate, including 32 that were pending at the close of the

. Eleven of his unsuccessful nominees were subsequently nominated to federal judgeships by other presidents, and all 11 were confirmed.

Failed appellate nominees

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**Robert Raymar (of

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), to

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vacated by

H. Lee Sarokin Haddon Lee Sarokin (November 25, 1928 – June 20, 2023) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District ...

- Judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee

Maryanne Trump Barry Maryanne Trump Barry (born April 5, 1937) is an American attorney and a retired United States federal judge. She became an Assistant United States Attorney in 1974, and was first appointed to the United States District Court for the District of ...

. ** Stephen Orlofsky (of

), to

vacated by

Morton Ira Greenberg Morton Ira Greenberg (March 20, 1933 – January 28, 2021) was a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on February 11, 1987 and was confirme ...

- Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee

Michael Chertoff Michael Chertoff (born November 28, 1953) is an American attorney who was the second United States Secretary of Homeland Security to serve under President George W. Bush. Chertoff also served for one additional day under President Barack Obama. H ...

. ** Robert J. Cindrich (of

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

), to

vacated by

Timothy K. Lewis Timothy Kimbrue Lewis (born November 2, 1954, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and is currently an attorney at the law fi ...

- Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee

D. Brooks Smith David Brookman Smith (born December 4, 1951), known professionally as D. Brooks Smith, is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was previously Chief Judge of both the United States C ...

. *

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(of

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

), to

vacated by Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. - Davis was nominated on October 6, 2000, during the final months of the Clinton presidency. The Senate took no action on the nomination, which was returned to the President on December 15, 2000. After Clinton's unsuccessful nomination of Davis, President

unsuccessfully nominated

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and Rod J. Rosenstein to succeed Judge Murnaghan. Davis was renominated to the same seat by President

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the U ...

in April 2009 and confirmed that year in November. ** James A. Beaty, Jr. (of

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), to

vacated by James Dickson Phillips, Jr. - Judgeship was eventually filled by Obama nominee Albert Diaz of

. ** James Andrew Wynn (of

), to

vacated by James Dickson Phillips, Jr. - Judgeship never filled by any Bush nominee; Wynn was renominated by President

to the same seat in November 2009 and was confirmed by the Senate in August 2010. ** S. Elizabeth Gibson (of

), to

vacated by

Samuel James Ervin III Samuel James Ervin III (March 2, 1926 – September 18, 1999) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the son of United States Senator Sam Ervin. Education and career Ervin was born in ...

- Gibson was nominated on October 26, 2000, during the final months of the Clinton presidency. The Senate took no action on the nomination, which was returned to the President on December 15, 2000. The judgeship was later filled by Bush nominee

Allyson Kay Duncan Allyson Kay Duncan (born September 5, 1951, in Durham, North Carolina) is a former United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She was the Fourth Circuit's first female African American judge. Backgro ...

. ** J. Rich Leonard (of

), to newly created

- Judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee

Roger Gregory Roger L. Gregory (born July 17, 1953) is an American lawyer who serves as the Chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Background Gregory was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but grew u ...

(of

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

) after being renominated by Bush in 2001. *

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** Alston Johnson (of

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), to

vacated by John Malcolm Duhé, Jr. - Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee

Edith Brown Clement Edith "Joy" Brown Clement (born April 29, 1948) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Background Clement was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the daug ...

. ** Jorge Rangel (of

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), to

vacated by

William Lockhart Garwood William Lockhart Garwood (October 29, 1931 – July 14, 2011) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Education and career Born in Houston, Texas, to Wilmer St. John Garwood (1896–1987) a ...

- Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee

Priscilla Owen Priscilla Richman (formerly Priscilla Richman Owen) (born October 4, 1954) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She was previously a justice ...

. ** Enrique Moreno (of

), to

vacated by

- Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee

. *

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (in case citations, 6th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: * Eastern District of Kentucky * Western District of ...

Helene White Helene N. White (born December 2, 1954) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Previously, she was a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals. Background Born in Jackson Heights, Q ...

(of

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

), to

vacated by

Damon Keith Damon Jerome Keith (July 4, 1922 – April 28, 2019) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern Distr ...

- Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Richard A. Griffin; White was eventually confirmed to the Sixth Circuit when renominated by Bush in 2008. **

Kathleen McCree Lewis Kathleen McCree Lewis (September 27, 1947 – October 16, 2007) was an American lawyer and former federal judicial nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Early life and education Lewis was born in Boston. Lewis ...

(of

), to

vacated by

Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy (née Groefsema; August 4, 1923 – May 12, 2014) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Education and career Born in Detroit, Michigan, Kennedy graduated from th ...

- Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee

Susan Bieke Neilson Susan Bieke Neilson (August 27, 1956 – January 25, 2006) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and before that, a state trial judge in Michigan. Neilson was nominated by President Geor ...

. ** Kent Markus (of

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), to

vacated by

David Aldrich Nelson David Aldrich Nelson (August 14, 1932 – October 1, 2010) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Early life Born at Watertown, New York to son of Carlton Low Nelson and Irene Demetria Al ...

- Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Jeffrey S. Sutton. *

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** Bonnie Campbell (of

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), to

vacated by George Gardner Fagg - Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee

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. *

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (in case citations, 9th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court of appeals that has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts in the following federal judicial districts: * District ...

** James Ware (of

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), to

vacated by

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- Judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee

Kim McLane Wardlaw Kim McLane Wardlaw (born July 2, 1954) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 1998. She is the first Hispanic American woman to be appointed to a federal appeals ...

. **

Barry Goode Barry P. Goode (born April 11, 1948) is a judge in Contra Costa County, California, and a former federal judicial nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Early life and education A New York native, Goode earned a bachelor's de ...

(of

), to

vacated by Charles E. Wiggins - Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee

Carlos Bea Carlos Tiburcio Bea (born April 18, 1934) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was appointed to that court by President George W. Bush in 2003 to replace Judge Charles Edward Wi ...

. ** James E. Duffy, Jr. (of

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), to

vacated by

Cynthia Holcomb Hall Cynthia Holcomb Hall (February 19, 1929 – February 26, 2011) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central Di ...

(of

) - Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Richard Clifton (of

). *

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (in case citations, 10th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: * District of Colorado * District of Kansas * Dist ...

** James Lyons (of

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), to

vacated by

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- Lyons was nominated on September 22, 1999. Both Senators from Colorado,

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and

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, were members of the Republican Party. Senator Campbell was supportive of the Lyons nomination, but Allard withheld his support and described Lyons as a "political operative" due to his representation of the Clintons during

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. Lyons' nomination was withdrawn on June 6, 2000. Clinton subsequently nominated

, also unsuccessfully. The judgeship was later filled by Bush nominee Timothy Tymkovich, Timothy M. Tymkovich. **

(of

), to

vacated by

- Arguello was nominated on July 27, 2000, shortly after Clinton withdrew his earlier nomination of James Lyons. The Senate took no action on the nomination, which was returned to the President on December 15, 2000. The judgeship was later filled by Bush nominee Timothy Tymkovich, Timothy M. Tymkovich. Arguello was eventually confirmed to a district court seat when nominated by Bush in 2008. *United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit **Charles "Bud" Stack (of Florida), to United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit#Succession of seats, seat vacated by Peter T. Fay - Judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Stanley Marcus (judge), Stanley Marcus. *United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia **Elena Kagan (of the Washington, D.C., District of Columbia), to United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit#Succession of seats, seat vacated by James L. Buckley - Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee John G. Roberts, Jr. **Allen Snyder (lawyer), Allen Snyder (of

), to United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit#Succession of seats, seat vacated by Patricia Wald - Judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Thomas B. Griffith.

Others who were nominated or considered for nomination to federal appellate courts

While not a controversy, one other Clinton appellate court nominee, Barbara Durham, withdrew before being confirmed, but not because of Republican opposition. Rather, Durham, a conservative jurist whom Clinton nominated to the

as part of a deal with then-Washington Sen. Slade Gorton, withdrew because of illness. Clinton instead nominated Republican lawyer Richard C. Tallman, Richard Tallman of Seattle to the seat to which he had nominated Durham, and Tallman was confirmed in 2000. While he was never formally nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Peter Edelman was strongly considered by Clinton for a seat on that appeals court in late 1994. After the influential Republican member of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Orrin Hatch informed Clinton that he had intended to oppose Edelman's nomination, Clinton dropped plans to nominate Edelman to the D.C. Circuit, choosing Merrick Garland instead. In its November 1997 issue, the American Spectator reported that President Clinton had intended to nominate Teresa Wynn Roseborough in 1997 to a vacant seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit after Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch took senior status. The American Spectator noted, however, that Sen. Orrin Hatch, the then-chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, had "balked" at the idea of Roseborough, who was one of four finalists (the others were Leah Ward Sears, Clarence Cooper (judge), Clarence Cooper and Frank M. Hull) and had "suggested that a more moderate Clinton-appointed U.S. district judge, Frank Hull, would have clear sailing." Indeed, Frank M. Hull was confirmed by the Senate in a 96-0 vote in September 1997.

Failed district court nominees

During his presidency, Clinton nominated 45 people for 42 different federal district judgeships to federal district courts who were never confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Like the appellate court nominations mentioned above, many of these nominees were blocked by Republicans either in the

, which was controlled by Republicans for six of the eight years of Clinton’s presidency, or on the Senate floor, where one nominee, Ronnie L. White, was defeated by senators. Of the 42 federal district judgeship vacancies in question, 17 eventually were filled with different Clinton nominees, 24 were filled by nominees of President

and one never ended up becoming vacant because the district judge holding it never received confirmation to be elevated to an appellate court. Of Clinton's 45 failed district court nominees, four, Legrome D. Davis, David S. Cercone, Dolly M. Gee and Sue E. Myerscough, subsequently were nominated by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama to federal district judgeships and then confirmed by the Senate. The failed Clinton district court nominees: *United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico **Anabelle Rodriguez (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Jay A. Garcia-Gregory) *United States District Court for the Northern District of New York **Clarence J. Sundram (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee David N. Hurd) *United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania **Frederica Massiah-Jackson, followed by Robert A. Freedberg (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Petrese B. Tucker) **Legrome D. Davis (judgeship later filled by Davis himself, when he was renominated by George W. Bush in 2002 and then confirmed by the Senate) **S. David Fineman (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Cynthia M. Rufe) **Stephen B. Lieberman (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Timothy J. Savage) *United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania **Patrick J. Toole (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee A. Richard Caputo) *United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania **John H. Bingler, Jr., followed by Lynette Norton (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Arthur J. Schwab) **David S. Cercone (judgeship was to become vacant when Judge Robert J. Cindrich was elevated to the

but Cindrich never was confirmed to that post before Clinton's presidency ended; Cercone later was nominated to a different seat in the Western District by Bush and then confirmed by the Senate) **Harry Litman (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Joy Flowers Conti) *United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ** J. Rich Leonard (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee James C. Dever III) *United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas **Cheryl B. Wattley (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Sam A. Lindsay) **Michael D. Schattman (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Barbara M. Lynn) *United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas **Ricardo Morado (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Andrew S. Hanen) *United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio **Steven D. Bell (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee John R. Adams) *United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois **Sue E. Myerscough (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Michael P. McCuskey) (Myerscough later renominated by President Obama to a different seat on the same court and confirmed in 2011) *United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois **Jeffrey D. Colman (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Ronald A. Guzman) *United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois **Wenona Y. Whitfield (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee David R. Herndon) *United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri ** Ronnie L. White (Nomination rejected by the Senate) (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Henry Autrey; White later was nominated and confirmed to a different seat on the Eastern District by Obama) *United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri **Leland M. Shurin (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Gary A. Fenner) *United States District Court for the District of Nebraska **Steven E. Achelpohl (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Laurie Smith Camp) *United States District Court for the Central District of California **R. Samuel Paz (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee George H. King) **Dolly M. Gee (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee John F. Walter; Gee later was nominated and confirmed to a different seat on the Central District by Obama) **Fredric D. Woocher (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Percy Anderson (judge), Percy Anderson) *United States District Court for the Eastern District of California **Marian M. Johnston (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Morrison C. England Jr.) *United States District Court for the Southern District of California **Judith D. McConnell (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Barry Ted Moskowitz) **Lynne R. Lasry (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Thomas J. Whelan (judge), Thomas J. Whelan) *United States District Court for the District of Hawaii **John S. W. Lim (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee John Michael Seabright) *United States District Court for the District of Idaho **John R. Tait (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Lynn Winmill) *United States District Court for the District of Montana **Richard W. Anderson (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Sam E. Haddon) *United States District Court for the District of Nevada **Linda B. Riegle (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Larry R. Hicks) *United States District Court for the District of Colorado **Patricia A. Coan (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Robert E. Blackburn) *United States District Court for the District of Kansas **K. Gary Sebelius (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Julie A. Robinson) *United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma **Frank H. McCarthy (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Claire Eagan) *United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma **Valerie K. Couch (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Stephen P. Friot) **Melvin C. Hall (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Joe L. Heaton) *United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama **John D. Snodgrass (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Charles Lynwood Smith Jr.) **Kenneth O. Simon (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Karon O. Bowdre) *United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida **Theodore Klein, followed by Bruce W. Greer (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Donald M. Middlebrooks) *United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia **Gail S. Tusan (judgeship later filled by Clinton nominee Beverly B. Martin) *United States District Court for the District of Columbia **James W. Klein (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee John D. Bates) **Rhonda C. Fields (judgeship later filled by Bush nominee Reggie Walton)

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References

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List of unsuccessful federal judicial nominations

Failed appellate nominees

Others who were nominated or considered for nomination to federal appellate courts

Failed district court nominees

See also

Notes

References