In an op-ed for Bloomberg Law published on Dec. 17, 2024, Judge Paul W. Grimm (ret.), director of the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law, urges President Joseph R. Biden to sign the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act of 2024, which would add 63 new district judgeships between 2025 and 2035, as well as three temporary judgeships in Oklahoma in 2025.
“President Joe Biden threatens to veto the bill,” he writes. “A veto would damage our courts, unfairly punish judges who are drowning in cases, and cost millions of people who are waiting for the courts to resolve their cases more money, uncertainty, and in some cases, their lives and liberty. Our federal courts are our last defense against erosions of our Constitutional rights, not a political football. This is a veto our country can’t afford.”
Read the full op-ed via Bloomberg Law here.