Biden vetoes once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal judgeships

WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Joe Biden this week vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal district judgeships, claiming that the House's "hurried action" left critical queries unanswered about the positions.

A proposed law aimed to create new federal trial court judgeships over more than a decade, giving three presidential administrations and six Congresses the opportunity to appoint judges. This biparti