Judicial Bench Index

Federal vacancy, nomination, and confirmation signals shaping the U.S. judicial bench, tracked as institutional pressure, not political theater.

How this works: This index reflects confirmed institutional activity and structural pressure, including federal vacancy counts and nomination actions. “Judicial Pressure,” “Backlog,” and “Pace” are modeled signals for analysis and do not predict votes, outcomes, or rulings.

Congress: 119.

Stable Last updated: 2026-02-19T14:42:26+00:00

Active Judicial Vacancies

Nominees Awaiting Vote

Avg Days Pending

Confirmation Pace (90D)

Recent Confirmations (30D): 0 Backlog Pressure: 0% Committee Bottleneck: No

Key Nomination Events

No recent events found in the last 30 days.

Activity Summary

Stage distribution (MVP inference)

Received: 0

Referred: 0

Hearing: 0

Reported: 0

Floor: 0

Confirmed: 0

Withdrawn: 0

Confirmation Status Overview

This module will become stage totals tied to official action feeds (next patch).

Current view is inferred from latest action text to keep API calls light.

Committee Progress Tracker

Upcoming patch will add Judiciary Committee detection via nomination committees endpoint.

For now, judicial filtering uses position keywords (Judge, Court, Justice).

Disclaimer: This tracker is an independent editorial analysis by The Political Rift based on publicly available government data and institutional reporting, including Congress.gov nomination activity and federal judiciary vacancy reporting. It is provided for informational context only and does not constitute legal findings, official Senate outcomes, or adjudicative predictions.