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Federal Court Caseloads Threaten Constitutional Protections

Civil and criminal case filings in federal courts have grown dramatically over the past two decades. Still, at the same time, the number of judges available to hear them has barely increased, according to a report by researchers at Syracuse University. As a result, the study concluded that if Congress fails to solve the problem,

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Prisoners’ Access to the Courts

By Christopher Zoukis In Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817 (1977), the Supreme Court held that “the fundamental constitutional right of access to the courts requires prison authorities to assist inmates in the preparation and filing of meaningful legal papers by providing prisoners with adequate law libraries or adequate assistance from persons trained in the

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