Key Republican Open to Adding Judgeships for Election Winner (1)

An uncertain presidential election outcome could bolster bipartisan support for creating new federal judgeships.

At a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said the pre-election period might be a good time for lawmakers to act on a request from the judiciary’s policy making arm to add more judges.

“What I would hope is that maybe we could come together and take the recommendations of the Judicial Conference and put on the table more judges for the next president, whoever he may be,” Graham said. “Seems to me that maybe this is the best time to do ...