The people of this country are about to find out how twisted Democrats are regarding maintaining power in this country.
There is a piece of legislation that is about to hit Joe Biden’s desk that he is likely to veto.
The legislation was co-sponsored by a Democrat in the Senate as well as having significant bipartisan support in the House.
Not Now
When the Senate passed the bill, it had significant support on both sides of the aisle.
The bill would add nearly five dozen judges to the bench over the next decade, beginning in 2025, then adding judges roughly every two years after that.
I will admit, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) was doing some gamesmanship, holding off the legislation until after the election, but since the judges were not getting added until 2025, I think that is really irrelevant.
After the bill passed the House, Johnson stated, “Today, the House passed the JUDGES Act to authorize additional federal judges to ensure the American people receive timely and fair justice.
“This important legislation garnered broad, bipartisan support when it unanimously passed the Senate in August because it directly addresses the pressing need to reduce case backlogs in our federal courts and strengthen the efficiency of our judicial system.
“At that time, Democrats supported the bill — they thought Kamala Harris would win the Presidency.
“Now, however, the Biden-Harris Administration has chosen to issue a veto threat and Democrats have whipped against this bill, standing in the way of progress, simply because of partisan politics. This should not be a political issue — it should be about prioritizing the needs of the American people and ensuring the courts are able to deliver fair, impartial, and timely justice.”
Democrats clearly thought they would win the election when they crafted this legislation because now some of those who supported the bill in the Senate are pushing back, and the White House has stated it will not support the bill.
The White House stated, “The bill would create new judgeships in states where Senators have sought to hold open existing judicial vacancies.
“Those efforts to hold open vacancies suggest that concerns about judicial economy and caseload are not the true motivating force behind passage of this bill now. In addition, neither the House nor the Senate fully explored how the work of senior status judges and magistrate judges affects the need for new judgeships.
“Further, the Senate passed this bill in August, but the House refused to take it up until after the election. Hastily adding judges with just a few weeks left in the 118th Congress would fail to resolve key questions in the legislation, especially regarding how the judges are allocated.”
That excuse is complete nonsense because as I stated, the first run of judges does not get added until next year.
When they thought they had the power, they voted to add more judges, and due to the backlogs in our judiciary, Republicans were still willing to go along with it.
After the election, Democrats in the House still recognized the need to add more judges, so this is solely Joe Biden flexing on his way out the door.
