Federal judiciary leaders have sharply criticized President Joe Biden’s veto of the JUDGES Act, a bipartisan bill that sought to add 66 new federal judgeships to address mounting caseloads in courts across the United States.
Biden fulfilled his promise to veto the bill Monday evening and has since drawn widespread rebuke from judges, lawmakers, and court watchers who stressed the urgent need for expanded judicial resources.
U.S. District Judge Robert Conrad, director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, described the veto as “extremely disappointing” in a letter addressed to Biden on Dec. 16 that was released Tuesday.
Conrad, an appointee of Republican former President George W. Bush, emphasized that…
