Proposals to expand US trial courts and curb nationwide injunctions that a leading Republican lawmaker says are impeding President Donald Trump’s ability to carry out his agenda advanced out of the House Judiciary Committee.
The panel at a meeting on Wednesday approved Republican-led legislation to expand district courts over objections from Democrats, sending a revived measure adding more judges to the House floor after Joe Biden vetoed it last year.
Members voted 16-11 to approve the new version of the so-called JUDGES Act (HR 1702), which would add 63 permanent and three temporary federal district judgeships in an effort to ...
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