Change of plans…
A federal judge in Ohio is rescinding his partial retirement after President Biden’s administration failed to nominate a replacement for him after Donald Trump’s landslide victory.
According to Fox News, U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley had announced plans to take on senior status in October 2023, which allowed him to take a lighter caseload until a replacement could be appointed. His decision to rescind his retirement now blocks President-elect Trump from naming a replacement once he enters office.
Marbley is an appointee of President Bill Clinton. He announced plans to rescind his retirement in a letter to the White House on Friday.
“A successor has not been confirmed, and I have therefore decided to remain on active status and carry out the full duties and obligations of the office,” Marbley wrote in the letter.
Senior status is available to judges over the age of 65 who have completed at least 15 years on the federal bench.
Marbley’s decision comes as the Biden administration is scrambling to appoint as many judges as possible before the Trump administration takes power in January.
Currently, there are 47 vacant seats in the federal judiciary, and 19 more justices have announced plans to retire. Marbley was among the latter group.
Fox News noted that the Biden administration has candidates to fill 28 of those seats if their confirmation processes can be completed in time.
Both Biden and Trump have put a renewed emphasis on the federal judiciary, each focusing on quickly facilitating as many appointments as they could during their terms.
As of September, the Biden administration was barely out-pacing the number of judges confirmed by Trump in his first term. Trump had appointed 204 federal judges by Sep. 5, 2020, while Biden had appointed 205 by the same point in his term.
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Can he be fired?
It occurs to me that it shouldn’t make a difference who appoints a judge unless the judge is crooked.
The judge is an ass but we already knew that. Hell, he was appointed by slick willie.
So glad he’s not partisan and not letting politics decide the law. (Snark, snark)
“Currently, there are 47 vacant seats in the federal judiciary, and 19 more justices have announced plans to retire. Marbley was among the latter group.”
That’s 19 more JUDGES.