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For presidents who want to shape the federal judiciary, it’s been good times for years. The Senate has confirmed President Biden’s 213th nominee, and Donald Trump appointed 234 federal judges during his term. But it looks like the next president will be greeted on Inauguration Day by the fewest vacancies in more than three decades, NBC News reports. Just 43—4.9%—of the 870 Article IIl judgeships authorized by Congress are vacant at the moment. If pending nominations are confirmed when the Senate returns to session, the 47th president would come into office with the fewest number of judicial va…

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