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-====Courts have high burdens now and they're on the brink – unmanageable workloads are increasingly becoming the norm, preventing judges from processing litigation.==== |
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-Bannon '13 |
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-Bannon, Alicia. "Testimony: More Judges Needed in Federal Courts." Brennan Center for Justice. New York University School of Law, 10 Sept. 2013. Web. 30 Nov. 2016. https://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/testimony-federal-courts-need-more-judges. ~~Serves as counsel for the Brennan Center's Democracy Program, where her work focuses on judicial selection and promoting fair and impartial courts. Also previously served as a Liman Fellow and Counsel in the Brennan Center's Justice Program. J.D. from Yale Law School in 2007, where she was a Comments Editor of the Yale Law Journal.~~ |
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-2013, so as to ensure the continued vitality of our federal courts." |
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-====Qualified immunity as it is now is essential – it holds back a flood of litigation. Their limitation of qualified immunity substantially increases burdens.==== |
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-Putnam and Ferris '92 |
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-Putnam, Charles T., and Charles T. Ferris. "Defending a Maligned Defense: The Policy Bases of the Qualified Immunity Defense In Actions Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983." Bridgeport Law Review 12.3 (1992): 665-713. HeinOnline. Quinnipiac University. Web. 30 Nov. 2016. http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/qlr12anddiv=6andid=andpage=. ~~Putnam is a Senior Assistant Attorney General for New Hampshire, and Ferris has a JD from Franklin Pierce Law Center.~~ |
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-"National resources are obviously scarce, yet increasing numbers of section 1983 actions are |
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-thus an important safety measure for both the courts and defendants facing suit." |
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-====Overburdening swells dockets and expansion won't be able to keep up, leading to collapse of the federal judiciary.==== |
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-Oakley '96 |
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-Oakley, John B. "The Myth of Cost-Free Jurisdictional Reallocation." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 543 (1996): 52-63. JSTOR. American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1996. Web. 30 Nov. 2016. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1048447. ~~Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus US Davis School of Law~~ |
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-"Personal effects: The hidden costs of greater workloads. The hallmark of federal |
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-would raise the most serious questions of the future course of the nation." |
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-====Collapse of the judiciary puts severely undercuts separation of powers, which destroys accountability and paves the way for unaccountable governmental actions (such as war).==== |
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-Adler and George '96 |
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-Adler, David Gray, and Larry Nelson George. The Constitution and Conduct of American Foreign Policy. Lawrence, Kansas: U of Kansas, 1996. Web. 1 Dec. 2016. |
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-"The structure of shared powers in foreign relations serves to deter the abuse of |
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-in comparison to those of the American people and their representatives in Congress." |