U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Dec. 21, 2012
Don't drag our federal courts over the cliff
Want to try a civil case after we go off the fiscal cliff? Don't hold your breath. And don't look to the state courts for relief; they are suffering from devastating cuts of their own. By Antonio Villaraigosa
Americans have good reason to expect our leaders in Washington to avoid dragging us over the fiscal cliff. And as I write this, it looks like some progress is being made.
That's a good thing. Unless a compromise is reached, come January taxes will increase across the board as Bush-era tax cuts expire. At the same time, indiscriminate, automatic spending cuts will axe more than $100 billion from most federal programs, inclu...
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