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Sequester and the Judiciary

By Jeralyn, Section Judiciary
Posted on Thu Mar 14, 2013 at 11:59:54 AM EST
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Andrew Cohen at The Atlantic has an excellent article on the impact of the sequester on the federal judiciary. Already there are layoffs and furloughs at federal defenders' offices and courts are reducing staff. Law enforcement is also taking a hit.

The Federal Times reports 21,000 court employees could be affected.

U.S. marshals, who furnish courthouse security, and federal prosecutors face furloughs of up to 14 days by the end of September.

There are some exemptions: "Like members of Congress, judges cannot be furloughed. Also exempted are law clerks and other “chambers” staff employees."

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    Considering... (none / 0) (#1)
    by kdog on Fri Mar 15, 2013 at 09:15:55 AM EST
    federal prosecutors get the lion's share of the cashish compared to federal public defenders, the prosecution side should be eating the whole cuts...if anybody gave a damn about justice.

    But those that hold the purse strings must be pro-prosecution since they'be been giving defense the short end of the stick since forever...they'll cut defense to the bone before the prosector is even asked to switch to no-frill