Topic summary
List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama
- First 100 days
- Recovery Act
- Trips
- Russia nuclear treaty
- Nobel Peace Prize
- Affordable Care Act
- Dodd–Frank
- Iraq withdrawal
- Killing of Osama bin Laden
- 2011 debt-ceiling crisis
- Libya intervention
- Afghanistan withdrawal
- Benghazi attack
- 2013 debt-ceiling crisis
- Anti-ISIL campaign
- Tan suit controversy
- Iran nuclear deal
- Cuban thaw
- Sanctions against Russia
- Selma 50th anniversary speech
- Paris Agreement
Following is a comprehensive list of all Article III and Article IVUnited States federal judges appointed by PresidentBarack Obama during his presidency, as well as a partial list of Article I federal judicial appointments, excluding appointments to the District of Columbia judiciary.
The total number of Obama Article III judgeship nominees to be confirmed by the United States Senate is 329, including two justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 55 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, 268 judges to the United States district courts, and four judges to the United States Court of International Trade. Obama did not make any recess appointments to the federal courts.
In terms of Article I courts, Obama made eight appointments to the United States Tax Court, three appointments to the United States Court of Federal Claims, three appointments to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, two appointments to the United States Court of Military Commission Review, and two appointments to the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He also elevated two chief judges of the Court of Federal Claims.
On the Article IVterritorial courts, President Obama made two appointments and elevated one judge to the position of chief judge.