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Thursday, August 19, 2004
Law - Federal Courts Funding Crisis
"FEDERAL COURTS: Funding crisis looms" is the title to this article in the new National Law Journal. A quote:
Judges warn that, before long, without additional funding, they will have to suspend all civil jury trials because there will be no money to pay jurors. Creditors and debtors will experience uncertain delays in the closing of bankruptcy cases. If Congress follows through on its threat of a hard freeze on overall federal spending next year and fails to provide the necessary increases in spending for federal courts, the judicial branch will be decimated by the resultant firing or furloughing of an additional 2,000 to 5,000 employees.Listen to the earlier NPR story here; read the stories on federal courthouse budgetary issues here.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 19, 2004 03:00 PM
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