House Republicans teed up a vote this week on bipartisan legislation to gradually expand by 66 the number of federal judgeships across the country. Democrats, though, are having second thoughts now that President-elect Donald Trump has won a second term.

It's an abrupt reversal for legislation that the Senate passed unanimously in August. But the GOP-led House waited until after the election to act on the measure, which spreads out the establishment of the new district judgeships over about a decade to give three presidential administrations the chance to appoint the new judges.

White House officials on Tuesday said President Biden would veto a bipartisan measure creating 66 new federal judicial seats over the next three presidential administrations, stating that the measure the House is set to take up this week is “unnecessary to the efficient and effective administration of justice.

The White House said Tuesday that President Biden would veto a bipartisan bill that would create dozens of new judicial seats in the coming years, questioning the motivations behind the bill and its timing.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday threatened to veto a bipartisan bill to add 66 new judges to understaffed federal courts nationwide, citing the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives' failure to act on the measure before the Nov.

Sky News contributor Kosha Gada discusses US President Joe Biden promising to a veto a bill that would allow President-elect Donald Trump new judicial appointments.