Adding judges does not reduce court delays because courts relax enforcement accordingly

Evidence

22 Additional judges do not necessarily decrease court delays because with more judges courts may be more tolerant of lawyers’ delaying tactics, thus restoring the lengthy time it takes to bring cases to trial. — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy, 283

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in how institutional responses absorb pressure rather than resolve the underlying problem - parallels Goodhart’s law and hydraulic models of administrative discretion. — connects to: Congress relieves overloaded circuits by adding judges rather than redrawing borders. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 287; Court structure reforms can alter courts’ role in governing unexpectedly — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 351; Judges’ scheduling self-interest can license weaker objections to survive. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action , 1742
• QUESTION: If capacity increases get absorbed, what actually moves the delay equilibrium? Worth chasing the citation literature on court administration.

Broader Connections

• Judges’ scheduling self-interest can license weaker objections to survive. #exemplifies (0.85) — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 1742
• Court structure reforms can alter courts’ role in governing unexpectedly #expands (0.75) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 351