Political Bill SC<p>From our own federal government's website: A "crisis" being caused by this administration that hits right at the heart of our constitutionally defined judicial system.<br>===<br>Judge Amy St. Eve, chair of the Judicial Conference’s Budget Committee, said, “The right of a criminal defendant to effective counsel regardless of the defendant’s economic status is guaranteed under our Constitution and the Criminal Justice Act. That fundamental right is at risk because we ran out of funding on July 3 to pay the private practice attorneys appointed to represent federal defendants.” </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/judicialsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judicialsystem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>representation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/constitutionalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitutionalrights</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.uscourts.gov/data-news/judiciary-news/2025/07/15/funding-crisis-leaves-defense-lawyers-working-without-pay" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">uscourts.gov/data-news/judicia</span><span class="invisible">ry-news/2025/07/15/funding-crisis-leaves-defense-lawyers-working-without-pay</span></a></p>