Judge Wilson is President Trump’s 200th Article III judicial appointment and 53rd federal circuit judge, filling 25% of the federal judiciary and previously shattering the all-time-record pace for appointments to the critically important federal courts of appeals — the last stop for more than 99% of all federal appeals.
To put this in perspective, President Obama appointed 55 circuit judges in 8 years; President Trump has appointed 53 in under 4. In doing this, President Trump has filled every federal circuit-court vacancy.
At 200 (and counting), President Trump is #2 of 45 for the pace of all Article III judges. And the only reason President Trump also did not shatter this record is because Congress created 152 new judgeships (25%) for President Carter to fill.
Despite the Senate Democrats’ and their leftwing allies’ rhetoric, President Trump’s judges are some of the most qualified in our nation’s history. Don’t simply take my word for it: Leftwing commentator Ian Millhiser wrote an extensive piece on this, summarized here.