Between 1954 and 1984, six new judgeships were authorized for the court, bringing the current number of judges to seven.

Of the 32 new judgeships, 18 would be in the city, officials said.

In 2001, cases per judgeship declined as filings that year remained stable and ten new judgeships were created.

As approved by the Senate, the bill would have created 85 new judgeships, five of them in Texas.

Those are daunting numbers: the new judgeships, including administrative support staffs, would cost an already strapped state an extra $40 million a year.

And with court dockets badly crowded, Congress is likely to create more than 60 new judgeships during the next legislative session.

Marshall's appointment followed, and also the creation of twenty-three new federal judgeships.

The 107th Congress has not created a single new judgeship.

I urge the Congress to act on all of the pending requests for new judgeships during its next session.

During the last eight years, a period when violent crime and arrests increased dramatically, 55 new judgeships were created.