The political battle over creating new federal judgeships comes as Democrats race to confirm President Joe Biden’s final nominees before losing control of Congress.
A bill that would create dozens of new federal judgeships across the country received final approval in Congress on Thursday morning, setting up a likely veto from President Joe Biden even as his administration pushes to confirm his final nominees to fill existing judicial vacancies.
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin , who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Jerry Nadler , top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, questioned why Republicans had waited until after the presidential election to move the bill through the House. If the veto stands, the Republican-ruled Congress could resurrect the bill in the new year - reintroducing it in the Senate, passing it in both chambers and handing it off for Trump to sign into law.But the new version of the bill might look vastly different, Gabe Roth of court transparency group Fix the Court said. Roth suggested that Republicans may change the text of the bill to increase the number of judges Trump could appoint.
In a statement, House Speaker Mike Johnson urged Biden not to veto the measure, saying Democrats would be “standing in the way of progress, simply because of partisan politics.”
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