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The [[United States]] Court of Appeals for the '''Seventh Circuit''' presides over [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]] and [[Wisconsin]].  It handles appeals from [[federal]] district courts in those states.

The [[United States]] Court of Appeals for the '''Seventh Circuit''' presides in [[Chicago]] over [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]] and [[Wisconsin]].  It handles appeals from [[federal]] district courts in those states.

The Seventh Circuit long had several prolific judges who are former professors at the [[University of Chicago]], where they embraced a free market [[economic]] philosophy. It is the Circuit where Judge Amy Coney Barrett presides.  Judge Frank Easterbrook has also long presided on the Seventh Circuit, and is known for his colorful, sometimes acerbic writing style.

The Seventh Circuit long had several prolific judges who are former professors at the [[University of Chicago]], where they embraced a [[free market]] [[economic]] philosophy. Judge Frank Easterbrook has also long presided on the Seventh Circuit, and is known for his colorful, sometimes acerbic writing style. [[Richard Posner]] was a longtime judge there, and [[Amy Coney Barrett]] was briefly a judge there before being nominated and confirmed to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]. 

As of July 2018, nine out of eleven active judges on the Seventh Circuit are Republican nominees, including four judges nominated by President [[Donald Trump]] and confirmed by the [[United States Senate|Senate]].

As of July 2023, seven out of ten active judges on the Seventh Circuit are Republican nominees, including four judges nominated by President [[Donald Trump]] and confirmed by the [[United States Senate|Senate]].  Not all of the Republican nominees are [[conservative]], however, and there is a vacancy likely to be filled by President [[Biden]] in addition to the three judges he has placed on that court already.

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