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How U.S. judges actually decide, drawn from their own signed orders. Each profile shows what persuades a judge, their procedural preferences, and grounded examples with links to the source.

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117
Courts
August 1, 2026
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3,616 judges

Elizabeth Lee Branch

Eleventh Cir. · Appt. Donald Trump (Republican)

28 orders

Frank M. Coffin

First Cir. · Appt. Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)

28 orders

Gerard Edmund Lynch

Second Cir. · Appt. Barack Obama (Democratic)

28 orders

Gregory F. Van Tatenhove

E.D. Kentucky · Appt. George W. Bush (Republican)

28 orders

Guido Calabresi

Second Cir. · Appt. Bill Clinton (Democratic)

28 orders

J. Skelly Wright

D. Columbia Circuit · Appt. John F. Kennedy (Democratic)

28 orders

Janice Rogers Brown

D. Columbia Circuit · Appt. George W. Bush (Republican)

28 orders

Jennifer Walker Elrod

Fifth Cir. · Appt. George W. Bush (Republican)

28 orders

Jill A. Pryor

Eleventh Cir. · Appt. Barack Obama (Democratic)

28 orders

John Michael Luttig

Fourth Cir. · Appt. George H. W. Bush (Republican)

28 orders

John Patrick Hartigan

First Cir. · Appt. Harry S. Truman (Democratic)

28 orders

John Paul Stevens

Seventh Cir. · Appt. Richard Nixon (Republican)

28 orders

Jose A. Cabranes

Second Cir. · Appt. Bill Clinton (Democratic)

28 orders

Joseph Jerome Farris

Ninth Cir. · Appt. Jimmy Carter (Democratic)

28 orders

Joshua Paul Kolar

Seventh Cir. · Appt. Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)

28 orders

Laurence Hirsch Silberman

D. Columbia Circuit · Appt. Ronald Reagan (Republican)

28 orders

Max Rosenn

Third Cir. · Appt. Richard M. Nixon (Republican)

28 orders

Merrick B. Garland

D. Columbia Circuit · Appt. Bill Clinton (Democratic)

28 orders

Monroe Gunn McKay

Tenth Cir. · Appt. Jimmy Carter (Democratic)

28 orders

Morgan Christen

Ninth Cir. · Appt. Barack Obama (Democratic)

28 orders

Nancy Garlock Edmunds

E.D. Michigan · Appt. George H. W. Bush (Republican)

28 orders

Pamela Ann Rymer

Ninth Cir. · Appt. George H. W. Bush (Republican)

28 orders

Patricia M. Wald

D. Columbia Circuit · Appt. Jimmy Carter (Democratic)

28 orders

Peter Woodbury

First Cir. · Appt. Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)

28 orders
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