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Benchlight, a public record of the federal appellate bench

benchlight.org ↗ · Civic & Public Life · score 86.0
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Benchlight connects federal appellate judges, courts, cases, opinions, panels, vacancies, and judicial nominations in a searchable public record.

Why it surfaced

This is more than a list of judges: it links the institutional machinery of the appellate courts, from announced retirements and Senate nominations to recent opinions and cases awaiting decision. Its 314-judge directory, 5,732 cases, 5,957 judicial writings, and 892 oral arguments suggest a serious attempt to make an opaque civic system legible.

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