White House Vetoes Bipartisan Bill to Create Needed Judgeships
Yesterday the White House issued a statement by President Biden indicating he is vetoing the JUDGES Act, bipartisan legislation to create additional district court judgeships.
The Senate passed the bill unanimously in August, and a bipartisan House majority followed suit shortly after the election. It would have created 66 new district court seats over the next decade. The bill is based upon the recommendations of the Judicial Conference and was endorsed by the Federal Bar Association and Federal Judges Association. Even Fix the Court liked it, calling the veto threat “weird.”
The veto statement reads as follows:
I am returning her
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