President Biden vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have established new federal trial court judgeships over a decade. Biden argued the legislation lacked sufficient study regarding the allocation of new judgeships and addressed concerns about judicial vacancies instead of caseload. He also criticized the bill's timing, suggesting it was politically motivated. The House vote to overturn the veto fell short of the required two-thirds majority.
The legislation would have spread the establishment of the new trial court judgeships over more than a decade to give three presidential administrations and six Congress es the chance to appoint the new judges. The bipartisan effort was carefully designed so that lawmakers would not knowingly give an advantage to either political party in shaping the federal judiciary.
He said the bill would also have created new judgeships in states where senators have not filled existing judicial vacancies and that those efforts “suggest that concerns about judicial economy and caseload are not the true motivating force behind passage of this bill now. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., reacted swiftly, calling the veto a “misguided decision” and “another example of why Americans are counting down the days until President Biden leaves the White House.” He alluded to a full pardon that Biden recently granted his son Hunter on federal gun and tax charges.
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