Supreme Court Adds to 'Woe is Me' Budget Complaints
Once again, spending is going up, just not as much as they'd like
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Thursday sounded the alarm about the impact of compulsory budget cuts on court operations nationwide.
Testifying before the U.S. Congress about the Supreme Court's budget, Justices Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer cautioned that long-term cuts could affect both court services and the speedy resolution of civil and criminal cases.
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You're the bitches who didn't say "Whoa, that's not in the Constitution" when you had the chance, so suck it up.
Yeah, and we can cut your damn budget because commerce clause, assholes.
It's not a budget cut, it's a tax on the Supreme Court.