President Donald Trump has established a strong legacy on the federal benches, with 146 Article III judges confirmed as of mid-August 2019, or 16.7% of all Article III judge positions.Trump also has filled 43 Courts of Appeals judge positions, or 24%, and nominated two of nine Supreme Court justices. The appellate judge nominations set a record pace for the first term of a president. Some of the nominees that have been confirmed have been extreme ideologues, but Trump nominee Steven Menashi for the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court …