If Congress would just read past the Second Amendment a little they would see
the Sixth Amendment of the Bill of Rights in the Constitution of the United States of America reads as follows:
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a
speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district
wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have
been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and
cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against
him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor,
and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
The Sequester is a grave threat the U.S. legal system:
"Sequestration's almost $350 million cut will not be fully felt in one day, one month or even one year," Judge Hogan wrote
last week. "Reductions of this magnitude strike at the heart of our
entire system of justice and spread throughout the country. The longer
the sequestration stays in place, the more severe will be its impact on
the courts and those who use them." The federal judiciary is being held
hostage, in other words, because of the failure or the refusal of
Congress and the White House to make a responsible budget deal.
While
Congress has recently tried the blunt the blow with which sequestration is hammering our U.S. judicial system, if the sequestration is not repealed it's effects will continue to be pernicious.
