Senior Status Tracker
Which judges are giving Donald Trump the chance to appoint their successors?
Lifetime federal judges who meet age and service requirements can take “senior status,” which allows the president to appoint new judges on their courts while they continue to hear full or reduced caseloads.
This page tracks the judges who are eligible to take senior status by the end of 2028 but have not yet announced plans to do so. At the start of this administration, the list included over 250 lifetime federal judges—including over 60 circuit court judges. This represents over one-fourth of all active federal judges.