District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025

This bill changes how judges are picked for Washington, DC’s local courts. It shuts down the DC Judicial Nomination Commission. Instead, the President will choose people to be judges and will also pick the chief judges for DC’s Superior Court and Court of Appeals. The law updates the DC code to remove references to the commission and reflect the President’s role in these choices .

These changes apply to appointments made on or after the date the bill becomes law.

• Who is affected: DC residents who use the courts, people seeking judgeships, and the DC courts themselves.
• What changes: The DC Judicial Nomination Commission ends, and the President now nominates judges and selects the chief judges for DC courts .
• When: For appointments made on or after the law’s enactment date.