Trump Gets Second Shot at Flipping the 3rd Circuit. What Might its Future Look Like?

President Donald Trump will get a second chance to shape the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to have a majority of Republican-appointed judges.

While some circuits saw an increase in fiery opinions from Trump’s appointees in the last several years, the Philadelphia-based appeals court seemed to retain its collegial reputation, and rulings did not take a major shift to the right, lawyers told Law.com in 2022. But could the upcoming flip have a different effect, given predictions from court watchers that Trump 2.0 judges may have a more partisan bent?