House Democrats are divided over a once broadly bipartisan bill to expand the US judiciary, with some wary of handing Donald Trump more judicial appointments when he returns to the White House while others insist federal trial courts in their states need reinforcements.
Time is running out in the House to clear a Senate-passed bill (S.4199) adding dozens of judgeships over time to trial courts in districts where populations and caseloads have outgrown the size of the bench. It would represent the first major expansion of the judiciary, which has more than 600 district judgeships, since 1990.
The measure may ...