judgeships

But Democrats, under Harry Reid, eliminated the filibuster for all federal judgeships below the Supreme Court back in 2013.

He was changing on the order of 40 votes at a single precinct for local judgeships in primary elections..

Almost all judgeships are corruptly acquired by backroom finagling among lawyers trading favors with each other.

Congress has passed laws impacting venue decisions, and Congress can change the composition of the courts, for instance by adding new judgeships.

It's how they get promoted and seek judgeships and higher office.

You become a federal employee of the DoJ, with somewhat easier hours than working BigLaw and an easier pathway to federal judgeships and political office.

In total, there are nearly 1,770 judgeships authorized across the 209 courts in the federal court system alone, and thousands and thousands of state courts.

I wish some judges would simply refuse to impose them when they are obviously unjust, even at the cost of their judgeships.

Federal judgeships are highly prized and nearly impossible to get.

If I'm understanding the indictment right, these are elections for low-level judgeships: >On or about May 19, 2015, Domenick J.

Same for selling judgeships or presidential appointments.

Citing overburdened federal courts (which are overburdened because Congress refuses to fill vacancies in a timely manner or to increase the number of judgeships to keep up with the amount of litigation), it creates alternative bodies to handle different kinds of disputes.

This is why judgeships are normally lifetime roles, though the important part of "lifetime role" is "only one term" and not "never ends".

(“There are currently 179 judgeships on the U.

That could be done with a law, not an amendment-there has to be a Supreme Court, and federal judgeships are "during good behavior" (de facto "for life") but Supreme Court Justice per se doesn't have to be a permanent role.

Judgeships are some of the most prestigious and desirable jobs in the entire legal profession.