A bipartisan bill to establish new trial court judgeships, carefully designed to avoid partisan advantage, passed unanimously in the Democratic-controlled Senate. However, the Republican-led House delayed its consideration until after Donald Trump's reelection, raising questions about political motives.
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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. Organizations representing judges and attorneys had urged Congress to vote for the bill. They argued that the lack of new federal judgeships had contributed to profound delays in the resolution of cases and serious concerns about access to justice.
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