Judges Ask Congress for Power to Fix Crumbling Courthouses

Undrinkable water. Leaks. Mold. Federal courthouses need billions of dollars in repairs, and judges say the General Services Administration is a bad landlord.Inside the modernist, steel-and-glass exterior of the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago, judges say that longstanding maintenance problems are interfering with the performance of their duties.