Judges Dismayed at Veto Threat of Bill to Help Strained Courts (1)

Federal judges called President Joe Biden’s threat to veto legislation to expand the judiciary “devastating” and “distressing,” as they face years more without relief in districts where caseloads have outgrown the bench’s resources.

A White House statement on Tuesday pledging to veto the Senate-passed legislation (S.4199) if it cleared the House dealt what may be a fatal blow to what had been bipartisan efforts to add more trial court seats in phases over the next decade.

The issue has become divisive and uncertain since Donald Trump won the Nov. 5 election and would have first crack at new appointments.

“Devastating, ...