Senate Unanimously Passes Landmark Bill to Add 66 Federal Judgeships
It’s the first time Congress has added judgeships in decades. The Senate has passed bipartisan legislation to create dozens of additional judgeships on federal district courts across the United States after a multi-decade dry spell when Congress added no new judges. The measure, called the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act of 2024,