Judges and Judiciary,
Government
Aug. 3, 2021
Eyerolls abound as Democrats propose major court expansion
Legislation in the House would add 203 seats to 47 federal districts. The Senate unveiled a more modest plan for 77 new seats.
An ambitious plan by House Democrats to expand the federal judiciary by more than 200 seats was met with eyerolls and not a little exasperation among California lawyers who said the party that controls the presidency and the Senate hasn't nominated one judge to fill seats already open in California, where courts are most overburdened.
"The fact that we now have 18 vacancies in the California district courts is shameful," appellate lawyer Jeremy B. Rosen said Monday. &...
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