• Federal Judges Share Memories of Historic Civil Rights Victory
  — "Fifty years ago, headlines nationwide told the dramatic story of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka (Kansas.)..."


• In Their Own Words
  — "Carter: I was always aware of racial prejudice. I grew up in Newark, N.J., where I was treated very well in grade school. If I acted up, the teachers would notify my mother..."

FY 2004 Appropriations Finally OK'd; But Courts Still Face Fiscal Threat
— "Four months and many anxious moments into the new fiscal year, the Judiciary has its 2004 appropriation. The Senate passed the consolidated appropriations bill, H.R. 2673, on January 22, 2004, at the start of the second session of the 108th Congress and nearly seven weeks after the House passed the conferenced bill. The President signed the bill into law, P.L. 108-199, the next day..."

Courthouse Funding Squeezes Through in Final Conference
— "'The White House ignored them, the Judiciary independently fought for them, and finally, they were held up when their appropriations bill failed to pass in the first session of the 108th Congress..."

Sentencing Commission Chair Resigns
— "Judge Diana E. Murphy (8th Cir.) has resigned as chair and member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, effective January 31, 2004. President Clinton nominated her to the Commission in 1999, to succeed Judge Richard P. Conaboy (M.D. Pa.) as chair..."

Judge Choy Honored
— "A portrait of Judge Herbert Choy (9th Cir.) was unveiled last month during ceremonies at the historic Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Courthouse in San Francisco. The portrait honors Choy as the nation's first federal judge of Asian descent and the first judge to represent Hawaii on the Ninth Circuit..."

Outside Earned Income Ceiling Increases
— "With the January 1, 2004, increase in the basic pay for Executive Schedule employees, the ceiling on outside earned income for federal judges also increases, from $23,205 in 2003 to $23,550 in 2004..."

A Call for More Communication
— "Judges and members of Congress engaged in a rare exchange of perspectives during a recent Supreme Court Fellows Program panel discussion on the relationship between Congress and the federal courts..."

"Mother May I" No Longer in Courts' Vocabulary
— "In May 2003, a tornado caused extensive structural damage to the courthouse in Jackson, Tennessee. The bankruptcy court clerk used local funds to immediately lease space and relocate court files, equipment and staff. The court was open for business at its new location in 5 business days..."

Bankruptcy Judges Warn Young Consumers about Credit Card Debt
— "Overwhelming credit card debt often afflicts young consumers, but federal bankruptcy judges are trying to provide a cure..."

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