White House Threatens to Veto Bill Adding US Trial Judges (3)

The White House threatened to veto once-bipartisan legislation to expand the federal judiciary for the first time in decades, joining congressional Democrats who have turned against the bill following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory.

In a statement of administration policy released Tuesday, the Biden administration said it opposes the Senate-passed bill (S. 4199) to add dozens of federal trial court judges, in phases, over the next decade to help courts facing ballooning caseloads.

The legislation would represent the first broad expansion of the courts since 1990, and the first time any additional permanent judgeship has been authorized in over two decades. ...