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Confirmations & Nominees blog
Judges in a Divided Washington, and the Lame-Duck Window That Closes January 3What a Senate majority controls, what a President still can do, and what the weeks before January 3 allow after the November 3, 2026 midterms.How Republican presidents have done picking Supreme Court justices since 1953A nominee-by-nominee table of every Republican pick since Eisenhower shows the record is mixed, and that vetting for philosophy beats trusting a party label.Every Step in Confirming a Federal Judge, from Vacancy to OathNine steps take a federal judge from an empty seat to a robe, and each one is a place where a nomination can be sped up or stopped. Here they are in order.