Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist has appointed Justice Stephen Breyer to chair a committee that will evaluate how the federal judicial system is dealing with judicial misbehavior and disability. "There has been some recent criticism from Congress about the way in which the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980 is being implemented, and I decided that the best way to see if there are any real problems is to have a committee look into it," the Chief Justice explained. In addition to Justice Breyer, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Judge Pasco M. Bowman, former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Judge D. Brock Hornby, former chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, Judge Sarah Evans Barker, former chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, and Sally M. Rider, the administrative assistant to the Chief Justice, will serve on the committee.