Timothy Birdnow

Trump's election is causing a flurry of retirements from the bench and yet Mr. Trump has failed to nominate a single candidate for their replacements as of yet, according to this article at the Reform Club.

According to Seth Tillman:

"At the start of Trump-47, on January 20, 2025, there were 45 federal judicial vacancies—all were Article III vacancies.

There are now 50 federal judicial vacancies, including, 49 Article III positions, one Article I position: USDC for the DISTRICT of the VIRGIN ISLANDS.

There are 874 authorized Article III federal judicial positions, with 50 Article III vacancies, amounting to a 6% vacancy rate.

Most recent vacancies:

GREGORY K. FRIZZELL, USDC for the DISTRICT of NORTHERN OKLAHOMA, taking senior status; and,

RONALD A. WHITE, USDC for the DISTRICT of EASTERN OKLAHOMA took senior status.

To date, Trump-47 has sent ZERO nominations to fill vacant federal judicial positions to the U.S. Senate."

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I get it; Trump has a lot on his plate and figures he needs to get the political appointees out of the way quickly. But these judgeships are too important to give the Democrats and the media time to stop - and they have a much longer impact on our country than does the political appointees.

I should hope Trump has candidates already picked and can get them rolling soon. Time is of the essence with all of this. Right now the Democrats are shell-shocked and they need to remain so before they can organize.

This is classic military tactics. The Germans called it Blitzkreig, but in fact it's as old as warfare. Genghis Khan used to move in lightning quick, for instance. So did many other ancient generals who were successful. During the Civil War Quantril attacked suddenly and ferociously, and his tactics are taught in military schools to this day. (Yes, his tactics were sound even if he was a monster.)


Sun Tzu said: "Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted . 2. Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him."

A military leader must move boldly, swiftly, and decisively. The enemy must be made to give chase. This is what the Republicans never seem to learn, that the race is to the swift. They have been in permanent defensive mode for so long they have no idea how to go on offense. All they ever do is take pot-shots from their lagger and hope not to be picked off themselves. Trump is attacking and that requires a whole different strategy.

Politics is war by other means and the same strategies apply.

Niccolo Macchiavelli stated:

"He has undertaken his actions in such a way and so quickly that men have have the opportunity to conspire against him.”

And while Macchiavelli isn't exactly a role model for moral behavior he was correct in many of his principles - especially this one.

The time is ripe to ram these judicial nominations down the Left's throats; let them chew them and they will spit them out.

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