Judicial branch/span>
- Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (15-year term of office)
- 9 Judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (15-year terms of office)
- Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (15-year term of office)
- 61 Judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (15-year terms of office)
- Chief Justice of the United States (life tenure)
- 8 Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States (life tenure)
- 179 Judges of the United States courts of appeals (life tenure)
- 16 Judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims (15-year terms of office)
- 9 Judges of the United States Court of International Trade (political balance required; life tenure)
- 678 Judges of the United States district courts (Most are life tenure; in total there are 663 permanent judgeships, 11 temporary judgeships, and four territorial court judgeships. In the districts with the 11 temporary judgeships, the seat lapses with the departure of a judge from that district at some particular time specified in statute unless Congress enacts legislation to extend the temporary judgeship or convert it to a permanent judgeship.)
- Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission (six-year term of office; nominated from among commission members)
- 3 Vice Chairs of the United States Sentencing Commission (six-year terms of office; designated from among commission members)
- 3 other Commissioners of the United States Sentencing Commission (political balance required; six-year terms of office; one of the seven members is also nominated to be the full-time chair of the commission, and two others are designated as full-time vice-chairs)
- 3 to 7 Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (15-year terms of office)
