<p>WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal courts are swamped, partly because of Bush administration get-tough-on-crime policies that lead to more trials, the head of a federal judges' group said Tuesday.</p>
<p>Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Carolyn Dineen King singled out drug and immigration prosecutions along the U.S.-Mexican border and Attorney General John Ashcroft's order last year that federal prosecutors should seek the severest charges and penalties.</p>