Bipartisan House Members Urge Biden to Rethink Judge Bill Veto

Reps. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Lou Correa (D-Calif.) have urged President Joe Biden to reconsider his threat to veto recently passed legislation that would add judges to overburdened courts for the first time in decades.

The JUDGES Act (S. 4199), which would add 66 federal district judgeships across the US, “represents a critical, bipartisan effort to address the increasing demands on our federal courts and ensure timely justice for all Americans,” the lawmakers wrote in a Dec. 12 letter to Biden, obtained by Bloomberg Law on Wednesday.

The bill’s bipartisan showing in the House, where it attracted the support ...