What did Donald Trump claim about law on 17 Sep 2020?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
Nobody gets left one opening. A federal judgeship is a big deal. Nobody gets left any openings.
Presidents do leave openings. In January 2001, near the end of Clinton's term, there were 80 vacant federal judgeships, 26 on appeals courts and 54 on district courts.
On January 4, 2001, in the last weeks of the Clinton administration, there were 80 vacant federal judgeships: 26 on the courts of appeals and 54 on the district courts (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Vacancy Summary for January 2001).
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- Make America Great Again campaign rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin.
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