Biden Vetoes Legislation Creating 66 New Federal Judgeships (1)

President Joe Biden vetoed legislation Monday that would have expanded US trial courts for the first time in decades, despite pleas by federal judges that their courts are short staffed.

The legislation (S. 4199), known as the JUDGES Act, would have added 66 federal trial court judgeships in courts across the US, in stages over the next decade.

But the once-bipartisan legislation lost the support of Democratic leaders after Donald Trump won the presidential election, meaning he would receive the first batch of judgeships.

Though the Senate passed the bill in August, the Republican-controlled House didn’t act on it until ...