President-elect Donald Trump has made clear he intends to seek more executions when he returns to office, something President Joe Biden has been outspoken against. Now, as Biden faces pressure from advocacy groups to grant clemency to all 40 inmates on death row before he leaves office,

President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 men on federal death row. The majority of them are held in Terre Haute.

President Joe Biden on Monday vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal district judgeships, saying “hurried action” by the House left important questions unanswered about the life-tenured positions.

President Joe Biden has vetoed bipartisan legislation that would have added dozens of new federal judge positions in the coming years. The president had threatened to veto the bill because he didn’t want to give the president-elect new appointment opportunities,

President Biden made good on his threat and vetoed a bipartisan bill Monday to add 66 new judges to federal courts that were seen as understaffed. Biden claimed the bill was “too hurried” in garnering congressional approval — but some observers said he was likely predominantly concerned about the appointments President-elect Donald Trump might be able to make to the posts once in office.