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The Need For A New National Court, Douglas D. Mcfarland, Thomas E. Baker
The Need For A New National Court, Douglas D. Mcfarland, Thomas E. Baker
Thomas E. Baker
By any measure, the Supreme Court is tremendously overburdened. Statistics speak clearly on this point; sometimes they shout. After the caseload relief provided by the Judges' Bill, 4 which was passed in I925 and took effect during the I928 Term, the Supreme Court caseload grew slowly for thirty years. Beginning in the I96os, growth sharply accelerated, and during the I970S and I98os, the numbers exploded.