The JUDGES Act would authorize 63 new permanent district court judgeships across the country over 10 years, including in Texas, California and other states where judges are dealing with particularly high caseloads.
The year was 1990. Home Alone was the top movie at the box office, and “Hold On” by Wilson Phillips was the number one song in the United States.
That was the year Congress last passed comprehensive legislation creating new judgeships, Sen. Lindsey Graham said at an Senate Judiciary Committee meeting Thursday, where the panel voted unanimously to advance toward the Senate floor a bipartisan bill aimed at adding seats to understaffed federal trial courts.
