Federal Judges Criticize Members of Congress Over Government Shutdown

One wrote in a blog post, "It is time to tell Congress to go to hell"

Federal judges, long used to being blasted as "judicial activists" by members of Congress, are now directing a stream of anger and vitriol right back at Capitol Hill.

Driving judges' ire: the budget austerity and chaos lawmakers have imposed on the judiciary. Jurists say funding for the courts has already been cut to the bone by way of sequestration — and now the government shutdown has added insult to injury, leaving the government's third branch running on fumes that likely won't last out the week.