The JUDGES Act, a bill that would have added 66 new federal judgeships over ten years, received bipartisan support in the last Congress before it was coldly vetoed by Joe Biden in the waning days on his presidency. This blog took Biden to task for a petty act of partisanship, denying a co-equal branch of government its basic needs just because an opposite-party president would have the opportunity to fill the first tranch of judgeships.
Rep. Darrell Issa has now reintroduced the Act, aiming at adding the same 66 new judgeships as before. And as before, Democrats are playing games. Representatives like Jamie Raskin, who certainly should know better, will continue to delay the legislation and punish the judiciary for no viable reason.
The bill worked its way out of committee on a party-line vote, but it’s hard to be optimistic that the courts will get this much-needed influx of judges anytime soon.
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