President Donald Trump inherited more than 120 vacancies on the lower federal courts and one Supreme Court vacancy when he took office on January 20, 2017. Trump made filling the Supreme Court vacancy one of his first priorities, and Neil Gorsuch was confirmed by the Senate in time to join the Court for the end of its 2016–2017 term. Now the President’s focus has turned to the appellate and district court vacancies. The Senate confirmed Trump’s first appeals court nominee, Amul Thapar, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on May 25.