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> A hard look at legislation that encourages new kinds of lawsuits and further clogs the courts. "People speak glibly of putting all the problems of pollution, of crowded cities, of consumer class actions and others in the federal courts. We should look more to state courts familiar with local conditions and problems." The Chief Justice recommended the creation of a six-man federal judiciary council that would advise Congress on how proposed legislation may affect the judicial branch.
> A reduction of federal case loads by state assumption of responsibility for the great mass of habeas corpus cases. —
>More attention to the total concept of criminal justice, not just the period from arrest through trial. Stressing his deep concern about prison reform, Burger told the lawyers: "We can no longer limit our responsibility to providing defense services for the judicial process, yet continue to be miserly with the needs of correctional institutions and probation and parole services."