Federal Circuit Was Untouched by Trump Judicial Nominations

President-elect Joe Biden may get to shape the Federal Circuit in a way that eluded his predecessor since there hasn’t been a vacancy on the court in five years.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the nation’s top patent court, is the only federal appeals court that didn’t have any judicial vacancies during President Donald Trump’s presidency.

President Barack Obama played a large role in shaping the current court, adding judges with a diversity of background and experience. But the court is still the only federal appeals court that has never had a Black judge, which Biden ...