The federal court system is estimated to have enough funds to sustain its operations through Jan. 31, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) announced Tuesday.
The AO, an agency within the judicial branch that supports federal courts, said it has employed various various tactics to conserve funds and sustain its paid operations.
“Most of the measures are temporary stopgaps, and the Judiciary will face many deferred payment obligations after the partial government shutdown ends,” an AO spokesperson said in a statement.
“In recent weeks, courts and federal public defender offices have delayed or deferred non-mission critical expenses, such as new hires, non-case related travel, and certain contracts. Judiciary employees are reporting to work and currently are in full-pay status.”.....
“Most of the measures are temporary stopgaps, and the Judiciary will face many deferred payment obligations after the partial government shutdown ends,” an AO spokesperson said in a statement.
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So is this spokesperson saying they are out of funds but through creative financing, ie. “deferred payment obligations” they are delaying the closure of federal courts to ride out the partial shutdown thus, keeping military courts out of play?
HMM. Now I wonder.. I read that the courts are only proceeding on criminal cases-not civil ones due to shutdown.
Would a challenge to a POTUS Emergency Declaration be civil?
Any legal beagle want to enlighten us about this?