New York Times: White House Threatens Biden Veto of Bipartisan Bill to Add New Judges
This excerpt is from a piece that originally ran on December 10, 2024.
In the veto threat, the White House said questions remained about how the new judgeships would be allocated and said that “hastily adding judges with just a few weeks left in the 118th Congress would fail to resolve key questions in the legislation.”
Progressive activists welcomed the White House plan to block the bill.
“It’s true our courts are overdue for expansion,” said Keith Thirion, interim president of the Alliance for Justice. “But it is a disservice to the public servants committed to equal justice to so blatantly weaponize this process. Filling our courts with even more lifetime Trump appointees who issue harmful rulings would not be an improvement.”