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The Cedar River poured over its banks last month, flooding much of downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, including the courthouse for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. This month's cover story describes the response and aftermath of the flood.
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The federal trial courts along the nation’s southwest border are feeling the impact of newly stepped-up enforcement of immigration laws. FULL STORY
The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 requires the Judiciary to collect statistics on debtors who meet certain criteria. The first report went to Congress on July 1.
Chief Judge Sentelle (D.C. Cir.) and Judge Johnson (D. Wyo.) have been appointed by Chief Justice Roberts to the Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference.
The Judiciary received $6.52 billion, a 4.5 percent increase over the FY 2008 level.
Beginning in October 2008 a new contract to mail more than a billion bankruptcy notices over ten years will save the Judiciary millions of dollars.
A scheduled Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Federal Judgeship Act of 2008 was suspended in mid-June as Republicans objected to the pace of confirmations for court of appeals judges.
The Supreme Court Fellows Program was founded by Chief Justice Warren Burger to provide fellows a firsthand opportunity to study both the administrative machinery of the federal Judiciary and the dynamics of interbranch relations.