https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/04/trump-judges-courts-young-01105697President Donald Trump has appointed far more federal judges who are under 40 than his predecessors — ensuring that his imprint on the judiciary will last for decades.Over the course of his two terms to date, Trump has appointed 31 people in their 30s to federal judgeships, and at least two more are pending in the Senate, according to a POLITICO analysis of government data. By contrast, President Joe Biden appointed 13 people in their 30s. President Barack Obama appointed just nine judges younger than 40 during his two terms.A judge in his or her 30s can remain in place for as long as 60 years — there are multiple sitting judges in their 90s and one who is 102 — allowing the president who appointed them to leave a particularly long-lasting imprint on the courts.“President Trump selects highly-qualified and credentialed judicial nominees who have passed the White House’s rigorous vetting process. Wherever there are judicial vacancies, President Trump will select highly qualified nominees with great respect for our Constitution and rule of law to be confirmed expeditiously,” White House spokesperson Lauren Bis said.Trump’s young nominees include Samuel Adkisson, an associate in the White House Counsel’s Office who was 33 when Trump nominated him — making him one of the youngest people ever nominated to the federal bench. In his social media post announcing Adkisson’s nomination, which is currently pending in the Senate, Trump praised his work on a case that resulted in the Supreme Court widening the president’s power to control executive branch agencies.
“Sam Adkisson is one of the brightest young conservative lawyers in the country and has been a standout member of the White House Counsel’s Office. He will make an outstanding judge on the Eastern District of Tennessee,” Bis said.Earlier this week, Adkisson’s confirmation hearing was delayed after Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn declined to sign off on his nomination, using a procedural maneuver as one of his home-state senators. She hasn’t explained why.“I think both parties, but especially Donald Trump in his second term, are placing a premium on youth because younger judges serve for longer and exert greater influence over important issues that come before the courts,” said David Lat, a lawyer-turned-writer who publishes a Substack on legal affairs called Original Jurisdiction.John Michael Vazquez, who was the youngest district judge in New Jersey when he joined the bench in 2016 at 45 years old, said young judges can still have the experience they need to do the job well.“You can have somebody get out of law school at 25, and try a number of cases, appear in court regularly, and understand the dynamics of how a court works — those things that you can only gain through experience, you can’t really gain through a textbook,” said Vazquez, who is retired from the bench. “I do think that’s critically important because it informs, ultimately, the most important aspect in my view of being a judge, which is your judgment.”But some young jurists have acknowledged that their age has been held against them.Obama nominee Edmond E. Chang became the youngest serving federal judge in the country when he was confirmed in 2010. He said lawyers appearing before him would sometimes attempt “what I call Jedi mind tricks” to take advantage of his youth.
“I do believe that the relative youth at the time did cause some lawyers to treat me differently than other judges; that they would try to navigate around decisions or rulings,” Chang said in 2024. “They’ll make an argument, deliver it with such confidence, hoping to – I thought – to kind of misdirect a new judge, and a youthful one at that, into their position when it was just – no, it was just wrong.”Trump, though, went even younger.Kathryn Kimball Mizelle claimed the title of youngest federal judge in 2020, when Trump nominated her to a Florida court at age 33.During her confirmation process, the American Bar Association deemed her “not qualified,” largely due to what it described as her lack of experience. Asked about this during her confirmation hearing, Mizelle replied: “I can just point to my record, in-court litigation, and to the support that I have from over 200 attorneys that have submitted letters to this committee, explaining that they’ve worked with me, they’ve witnessed my abilities, my work product, my integrity, and they support my nomination.”In 2018, Trump nominated Allison Jones Rushing, then 36, to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, making her the youngest circuit court judge confirmed in more than 15 years. At the time, her nomination spurred Orin Kerr, a professor at Stanford Law School, to question the wisdom of placing such a young person on the federal appellate bench.“Being a judicial-restraint-oriented type myself, I worry about judges getting rather intoxicated with the judicial power,” Kerr wrote. “And I would guess that there is some correlation between the age a person became a judge and how tempted they are to drink enthusiastically from the tap of judicial power.”
That's fineTrump also set the precedent of openly ignoring court rulings and the SCOTUS he picked three justices for basically made the presidency a dictatorship above the lawThe Democrat president should have no issue completely ignoring any ruling these judges make against them come 2029
>>1541163>The Democrat president should have no issue completely ignoring any ruling these judges make against them come 2029Yeah, since the US is now a lawless state thanks to the orange retard, the next democrat in office should just declare all those judges unlawful and replace them.
>>1541178>since the US is now a lawlessHUGE if true. Link?
>>1541163>Trump also set the precedent of openly ignoring court rulingsHe hasnt. >the SCOTUS he picked three justices for basically made the presidency a dictatorship above the lawNo it didnt. I really like this issue because its an IQ test. The Court held that the President can be held accountable for his crimes, by Congress, via impeachment.
>>1541181>He hasnt. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly and the CNN White House press team would beg to differ>The Court held that the President can be held accountable for his crimes, by Congress, via impeachment.I'm not even going to humor your bait with this one.
>>1541178Oh they should but we know they won't. This cancer will be fucking us for the rest of our lives.
>>1541193>U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly and the CNN White House press team would beg to differStill subject to litigation. Wild concept but in the US justice system, you're allowed to dispute a judges ruling. >I'm not even going to humor your bait with this one.Because you failed the IQ test.
>>1541196>Openly ignoring a judge's direct order to reinstate the CNN press team doesn't count if you call it "disputing"Again, this is fine. I look forward to the Democrat president "disputing" every single conservative judge's ruling starting in 2029
>>1541179>>>/news/
>>1541133Good news. Hopefully they're extreme normal, unlike many of the other Dem appointed judges.
>>1541225Amazing you can say that with a straight face considering the judges that Trump appoints sometimes aren't even qualified to be lawyers.
>>1541297>judges that Trump appoints sometimes aren't even qualified to be lawyers.LARGE if confirmed. Link?
>>1541308>sealioning intensifiesVery well thenhttps://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-senate-confirms-trump-judicial-nominee-deemed-not-qualified-by-aba-2026-06-02/https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-picks-more-not-qualified-judges-1https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/10/trump-judicial-nominees-republicans-287911https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/467345-senate-confirms-trump-judicial-pick-labeled-not-qualified-by-american-bar/https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/senate-confirms-trump-judicial-pick-who-was-rated-not-qualified-by-aba
>>1541324>ABA says they don't think the candidate isnt qualified to be a judge Still waiting for that link.
>>1541336>doubling down on sealioningYou already have the links, you just won't read them.
>>1541342I did read them. You said they "were not qualified to be lawyers". None of your links say that. Did you read your own links?
>>1541350>tripling down on sealioningHere I ran it through google because you're too retarded to do it:>• Limited Experience: Democratic lawmakers and outside groups have pointed out that a subset of nominees across Trump's terms had minimal trial or courtroom experience prior to their nomination.>• "Not Qualified" Ratings: The ABA rated select nominees—such as Katie Lane in his second term and figures like Brett Talley in his first term—as "not qualified" primarily due to falling short of the standard benchmark for years of active practice or trial experience.>• Defense and Confirmation: Republican senators and administration spokespersons have defended the nominees, dismissing the ABA ratings as reflective of a persistent liberal bias and asserting that the picks possess strong legal credentials and adherence to conservative judicial philosophies.
>>1541359Do those links say "not qualified to be a lawyer" or "not qualified to be a judge"?
>>1541372Having a law degree but then going to work for The Federalist Society while never seeing the inside of a courtroom except on CourtTV doesn't count as "being a lawyer" like you seem to think.
>>1541377>CourtTV doesn't count as "being a lawyer" like you seem to think.Passing the bar and being licenced is all that is required for "being a lawyer". You're such an autistic retard you cant just admit you misread what the ABA said and move on. Instead you double down on your retarded position.
>>1541377You heard the esl shill, if the check passes then they're a lawyer and should have a lifelong appointment based on the recommendation of a partisan think tank.
>>1541386??The statement was >They are not qualified to be lawyers The statement is untrue. He (most likely (You)) being too much of a sperg to admit the error is the problem.
>>1541385That's where you're wrong.>You're such an autistic retardOh the irony! Go ahead and regurgitate more of the same debunked talking points about how conservative values > courtroom experience like the GOP Senators did after they confirmed the unqualified nominees.
>>1541388>Trying to pivot from his (embarrassing) mistake
>>1541387No, you just lack the english skills to participate in this conversation. Its why everyone keeps telling you you're a retard
>>1541389At least you stopped sealioning lmao
>>1541391>No, you just lack the english skillsDo I? Because >>1541297Is pretty clear >judges that Trump appoints sometimes aren't even qualified to be lawyers
>>1541392>Say something retarded >Anon that's retarded, provide proof of your claims >Nooooo you're sealioning
ESL shill is doubling down on their inability to read english
>>1541398What does this statement mean? >judges that Trump appoints sometimes aren't even qualified to be lawyers
>>1541395Yes, you were sealioning by pretending to not know how to use google. That's a fact.
>>1541401esl shill is a professional sea lionthis is their primary source of social contact
>>1541401I did use Google and I didnt find any evidence of Judicial nominees who were not qualified to be lawyers. It's beyond hilarious how you're soo insanely fragile that you can't admit you fucked up.
>>1541404>esl shill is a professional sea lion>this is their primary source of social contactWild to accuse someone of being a non-native speaker while posting absolute gibberish.
>>1541405Having a law degree doesn't automatically make you a lawyer, also your headcanon isn't real.
>>1541407Are you riled up? Are you trolled? You're being trolled by the /news/ master and resident King Troll, ESL shillYou were fucked the moment you stepped on this board, lib
>>1541407I think I trust non-lawyers in judges positions more than Democrats.I mean, look at Sotmeyer and Ketanji. They're obviously retarded.
>>1541407>Having a law degree doesn't automatically make you a lawyer,Which Judicial nominees were not licenced lawyers?
>Just because you're educated in law>Just because you've passed the bar exam>Just because you've practiced law for a decade>Just because I don't like youYou will never be a real lawyer.
>>1541412Why don't you copypaste the google search you did since you're such an expert.
>>1541417Burden rests on the person making the assertion.
>>1541409I'm not even a lib, I'm just not retarded and indoctrinated (a terminal combo) like he is.
>>1541419No, you're a lib and you're being trolled. You can just admit it
>>1541420Stop false flagging.
>>1541420When the parties have shifted so far to the right that Reagan is considered a liberal, that means about 90% of the population are libtards.
>>1541422All the available data suggests that the left has shifted more than the right. Trump is closer to Bill Clinton than he is Ronald Reagan.
>>1541423According to whom?
>>1541423You're boring.
>>1541424Basically everyone. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-polarization-paradox-elected-officials-and-voters-have-shifted-in-opposite-directions/https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/political-division-united-states
>>1541424>conservative propaganda: served>lib status: served>trolling: servedtriple served, triple ownedTrump wins again!
>>1541428This is opinion based polling about how people feel.Given that most liberals are extreme right wing totalitarians, and that 54% of Democrats surveyed identified as liberal, left-o-fascism is imminent.
>>1541428So let me get this straight. You're telling me Clinton, Obama and Biden were actually radical leftists and not corporate centrists? Color me surprised! (I don't believe you lmao)
>>1541434Clinton no. But for the other two policy wise and compared to prior Democrats? Yes.
>>1541432You left out the part about the thread getting derailed by shitposting.
>>1541440No, you're just retarded for expecting anything constructive out of /news/This board is for a few retarded non-english shills, the tourists who try to speak with them like people, and the crowd who just calls them faggots and makes fun of them. Nothing else.
>>1541448Naah it's usually fine until the /k/ rejects show up. Sometimes it's interesting to see which topics they feel the need to derail to the point of acting like /b/ posters.
>>1541448>This board is for a few retarded non-english shills, the tourists who try to speak with them like people, and the crowd who just calls them faggots and makes fun of them.I know why the tourists and the faggots-calling crowd are there, but what ion god's name is the point of the retarded shills simping for the republicans in every thread? Does the FSB really think it will influence anything by having them troll on 4chan?!
>>1541452A few years ago the Ivans were posting actual RT and Tass stories. It's gotten a little better since then.
>>1541448>>1541452>>1541455OP is the biggest turbofaggot.
>>1541452>but what ion god's name is the point of the retarded shills simping for the republicans in every thread?I think it's actually only one person, but if you ask him about it he starts talking about hating all of the people here so much that he's vowed to shitpost here forever. I think he hates the board and doesn't want it to exist.
>>1541452the purpose is NOISEJUST LOUD FUCKING NOISE AND DISTRACTION AND BULLSHIT TO ARGUE WITH AND MAKE YOU WASTE TIME AND EFFORT AND END UP JUST GIVING UP AND NOT CARING ABOUT WHAT EVER IT IS YOU BELIEVED IN IN THE FIRST PLACEThere were chinabots for years posting absurd shit like "it is illegal to be a blacksmith in the US" and other such nonsense to try spread bullshit. Its a cornerstone of disinfo, and Russia loves that shit. • Cognitive Overload: When leaders repeat a high volume of false statements, processing every single correction requires significant mental energy. People naturally tune out to protect themselves from stress.• Normalization: Constant exposure to untruths lowers public expectations. What once felt shocking becomes the expected baseline of political behavior.• Partisan Shielding: In highly polarized environments, voters often show little reduction in support for their preferred figures despite repeated fact-checks. Accepting that a leader lies constantly forces voters to confront uncomfortable cognitive dissonance, leading them to dismiss critical reporting instead.• Resignation and Cynicism: A pervasive sense that "they all lie" creates deep political apathy. Citizens feel that truth no longer has consequences in public office, reducing their motivation to track or punish dishonesty.
>>1541392He wasn't sealioning, you were bullshitting.
>>1541544the only language these cunts understand is violence. its insane how fucking useless burgers are, christ, i hope every one of them gets more lead poisoning
>>1541133Ah, it seems like yesterday that democrats were talking about how they were going to pack the Supreme Court and Senate when they get back in power so that Republicans can never hold office again.
>>1541567If republican voters were voting in good faith, no republican serving would ever serve office again, you would reorganize, prosecute the people who sold you and create a new republican reformist party, which actually represents your values, instead of doing everything in your power to enrich the president.Unless that is one of your values, in which case we just need to kill you, you're a waste of a human.Ideally we'd implement ranked choice voting so you wouldn't spoil your pedofile's campaign and lose to social dems anyway. The thing is, all of the Republicans with brains have already done this, and are either reaching across the aisle or full-on voting blue to get away from the demagogue.
>>1541586>Ideally we'd implement ranked choice votingDon't forget compulsory voting and making it a national holiday so there's no excuse to miss it
>>1541586>>1541587What evidence do you have that more voting=better voting?Maybe the people who don't vote do so because they don't like any of the candidates, or have better things to do with their time. What evidence is there that adding a bunch of low information low enthusiasm voters improves election outcomes?
>>1541594>What evidence is there that adding a bunch of low information low enthusiasm voters improves election outcomes?Republicunts hate high voter turnout because they lose, and spend money to hire shills like you to keep voting turnout down.
>>1541565No one believes (you)
>>1541597So the evidence it is good is republicans don't like it, therefore it's good?
>>1541619https://inthesetimes.com/article/why-higher-voter-turnout-scares-the-gophttps://afj.org/article/what-drives-the-gop-obsession-with-restricting-voting-race/https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-and-republicans-agree-that-high-turnout-hurts-the-gop-but-what-if-theyre-wrong-090035233.html
>>1541586>yes it's true and here's why it's actually goodCry harder about Trump, as he sticks to the confines of nine judges. Were he to steal your plan and pack SC with 50 conservative judges you'd be howling for civil war. But as always, "it's only okay when WE do it".
>>1541597>Republicunts hate high voter turnout because they loseActually, Trump's entire key to success is turning out low-propensity voters. Lmao, election tourist.
>>1541133Lifetime appointments are such utter horseshit. Even more horseshit is the fact that the president appoints them, shouldn't the judiciary handle its own affairs independently?
>>1541820lol. no. >Seething about being a loserWe know.
>>1541133based I voted for this and will continue to vote for this. maybe next time dont make your party platform open borders, gun confiscation and mandatory trannies. dems have flat out admitted if they ever get control over the courts they are overturning heller. obongo said he was against it. Clinton's daughter said clinton wanted to appoint judges to overturn it, biden said it was the wrong decision and he disagrees with it. Harris fucking wrote an ammicus brief against it and wrote an open letter demanding a gun ban in SF. every dem on the scotus ruled against it, mcdonald and bruen and Garland ruled against dick Heller twice. there should be ZERO dem judges. they can't be trusted
>>1542314Shut the fuck up and get back to your cuck chair, migger.
>>1542327keep seething you third world yurofaggot. no human likes the open borders and trannies party. only homosexual third world subhumans such as yourself like it.tell me more about how you jerk off to trannies and infinite jeets I've also never heard a White person say migger. it's always like brazilians and serbians
>>1542339If I wanted to hear worthless miggers crying about troons and jeets and mythological open borders I would have gone on twitter. Now shut the fuck up, sit in your cuck chair, open wide and get ready to suckle more of that circumcised orange jewcock you love so much.
>>1542343there are 32 jews in Congress. 29 of them(including every jewish senator, including every jew in a leadership position) is a dem. senate dems are lead by a jewthere are 6 jewish governors all 6 are demsthere is 1 jew scotus justice. she's a demthe 3 highest years for border crossings were 2021, 2022 and 2023. 2025 saw the lowest number since records began being kept in the 1970s. the first year of negative net migration since the 1970s and a 75% reduction on indian student visas.the 4 highest years for refugee resettlement into the US were 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.in 2026 only like 5,000 refugees have been allowed into the US and pretty much all of them are White South Africansin 1990 there were 19 million foreign born in the US. in 2024 there were 50 millionin 1990 13% of children had at least 1 foreign born parent. in 2024 that was 26%.in 2024 14.5% of the US population was foreign born, that's the highest rate since 1890 (it was 4.5% in 1970).so yes, faggot. the dems are open borders. they are even protesting ice right now. you are a third worlder, a homosexual and you love jews, open borders, trannies, sodomites and gun confiscation
