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Supreme Court nominee and federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson meets with U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. March 2, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

What’s ahead for Ketanji Brown Jackson? Here’s what recent history suggests

Sarah A. Binder and Russell Wheeler

Monday, March 14, 2022

The Supreme Court is seen on January 26, 2022 as news breaks that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will announce his retirement (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Changes in Supreme Court appointments—fewer justices, longer terms, more contentious confirmations

Russell Wheeler

Thursday, February 17, 2022

President Joe Biden speaks during a National Governors Association meeting in the East Room of the White House on January 31, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Biden’s first-year judicial appointments—prospects for 2022 and beyond

Russell Wheeler

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden answers questions from reporters in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

Biden’s first-year judicial appointments—impact

Russell Wheeler

Thursday, January 27, 2022

United States President Joe Biden participates in a meeting with the White House Competition Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 24 January 2022. The meeting was held to discuss efforts to lower prices for American consumers.Featuring: President Joe BidenWhere: Washington, District Of Columbia, United StatesWhen: 24 Jan 2022Credit: POOL via CNP/INSTARimages/Cover Images

Biden’s first-year judicial appointments—process

Russell Wheeler

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

US President Joe Biden, with Cabinet members, signs an executive order on delivering the Government services and experience the American people expect and deserve during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 13 December 2021.No Use Germany.

Tracking turnover in the Biden administration

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

May 2023

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. President Joe Biden walk through the Hall of Columns on the one-year anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS

‘A-Team’ turnover in the Biden administration: A return to normalcy

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Thursday, January 20, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the crisis in Afghanistan during a speech in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis

What Americans still want from government reform: A fall 2021 update

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo

Trump’s judicial campaign to upend the 2020 election: A failure, but not a wipe-out

Russell Wheeler

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Joe Biden at desk

Biden’s confirmations progress at the 300-day mark

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Wednesday, November 24, 2021