Judges and Judiciary,
Government
Dec. 26, 2024
Biden vetoes bill to add more judges
The bill's defeat represents a defeat for federal judges, including those in California, who lobbied for its passage.
President Joe Biden on Monday night vetoed a bill that would have added 63 permanent federal judgeships nationwide, and 21 in California, over the next 11 years.
The bill, which passed the U.S. Senate without opposition earlier this year, when neither side knew who would win the presidency or control the U.S. Senate, ran into opposition in the U.S. House of Representatives among Democrats after the election.
Republicans didn't bring the bill - the Judicial Understaff...
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