http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/01/01/3109311/john-roberts-sequestration/
Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, in his annual Year-End Report on the State of the Federal Judiciary, blasted the 2011 Budget Control Act’s automatic “sequestration” federal spending cuts and warned that the cuts to the federal court system’s budget “pose a genuine threat to public safety.”
Roberts, appointed to the Supreme Court in 2005 by President George W. Bush, listed “adequate funding for the Judiciary” as the “single most important issue facing the courts” and offered a Dickensian look at the federal judiciary past, present, and future.Conceding that balanced budgets are important, Roberts blasted the Draconian sequester — cuts that came after nearly a decade of belt-tightening by the judicial branch.Because they had previously reduced costs significantly, the $350 million in new across-the-board cuts have already made it difficult for justice to be protected, Roberts argued, noting that “because virtually all of their core functions are constitutionally and statutorily required,” the courts have little discretion over what they spend:
read that last [paragraph again please, is he saying that his concern is not for the public but for the SCOTUS and the lower courts budgets, and what is their budget that they can cut 350 million and still function. was he talking about perks, after all he is right wing?
as far as sequester Pres. tried to get republicans to lighten it but they refused like they are punishing him but in reality they are punishing everyone, vindictiveness is not a trait for a political party that seeks to govern.
ROBERTS: Sequestration cuts have affected court operations across the spectrum. There are fewer court clerks to process new civil and bankruptcy cases, slowing the intake procedure and propagating delays throughout the litigation process.There are fewer probation and pretrial services officers to protect the public from defendants awaiting trial and from offenders following their incarceration and release into the community.There arefewer public defenders available to vindicate the Constitution’s guarantee of counsel to indigent criminal defendants, which leads to postponed trials and delayed justice for the innocent and guilty alike.There is less funding for security guards at federal courthouses, placing judges, court personnel, and the public at greater risk of harm..
is he saying between the lines that without more court finances they will have trouble meeting those incarcerated ones quotas to further private prison agenda, he is right wing, just sayin'
