It may not be the judge's job to order this but the US is totally wrong to have same-sized bills. Most countries recognize the problem for the blind and have different-sized bills.
Look what the Europeans did in designing the Euro:
Have special measures been taken to help the blind and partially sighted to recognise the different euro banknotes?
From the very start of the process of designing the euro banknotes, in 1995, there has been successful co-operation with the European Blind Union. The view was that "a good design for the blind and partially sighted is a good design for everybody". As a result, the banknotes now being produced are very user-friendly.
Each of the seven banknotes is a slightly different size. This will help the blind and partially sighted to differentiate between them. In addition, some elements of the banknote design are printed in relief, through the use of a special printing technique (intaglio). For instance, the large numerals (i.e. the values of the banknotes) on the front are printed in relief and can be perceived by touch.
The partially sighted can easily recognise the different banknotes by virtue of the following features:
* each banknote has a dominant colour (for instance, blue for the EUR 20 note);
* sharply contrasting colours have been chosen to distinguish between each pair of banknotes in the sequence (for instance the EUR 10 banknote is red, while the EUR 20 banknote is blue);
* the value of each banknote is printed in large, bold figures.
What sizes and colours are the euro banknotes?
5 EUR Grey 120x62 mm
10 EUR Red 127x67 mm
20 EUR Blue 133x72 mm
50 EUR Orange 140x77 mm
100 EUR Green 147x82 mm
200 EUR Yellow-brown 153x82 mm
500 EUR Purple 160x82 mm
http://www.euro.ecb.int/en/section1/frequently/thedesign.htmlIn addition, some elements of the banknote design are printed in relief, through the use of a special printing technique (intaglio).American paper currency has been printed using the intaglio process for at least the last 60 years (and probably for more than a century). I could see phasing in braille dots and larger, more boldly embossed numbers--which could be programmed into current electronic note readers. But changing the size of the notes? That's crazy! It would make millions of electronic note readers useless. That is a very bad idea.
Having said that, this whole decision is stupid. It belongs in the halls of Congress or the Bureau of Engraving, NOT in the hands of some looney-tune federal judge.
Thank you, no. I LIKE neat rolls/stacks of bills, without having to separate the denominations.
Go Kerryfy America elsewhere.