Senators voted 50-49 on
Andrew Oldham's nomination to be a judge on the 5th Circuit, making him
Trump's 23rd circuit court judge confirmed since he took office last
year.
That breaks the previous record set by
President George H.W. Bush, who got 22 appeals court judges confirmed
during his administration's first two years.
Republicans previously broke the record last year for number of
appeals judges confirmed during a president's first year. But they
haven't moved as quickly . . . . . . on lower-level district judges, whose rulings
can be overturned by circuit court judges.
A Washington Post analysis found
that, when combined with votes on lower-level district judges, Trump
was lagging behind other recent administration, except Obama, in total
number of judges confirmed as of the end of May.