| Congress To Evaluate USCG Administrative Court |
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| Monday, 06 August 2007 15:15 | |||
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Some members of Congress are not too happy about the US Coast Guard's administrative court system and want an independent agency to take over, citing bias and mismanagement. Each year the Coast Guard court hears hundreds of cases against civilian mariners, which can result in the mariner's work license being revoked. Click Read More for link to full story From the Baltimore Sun: Click link above for full story Maritime judiciary under fire Lawmakers seek to take court from Coast Guard By Robert Little | Sun reporter August 1, 2007 WASHINGTON - Members of Congress called yesterday for the U.S. Coast Guard's administrative court system to be removed from the agency's control and placed within an independent arm of government, saying recent claims of bias and mismanagement have raised doubts within the maritime industry about whether the system is fair to the civilian defendants whose cases it handles. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a Baltimore Democrat and chairman of the House Transportation subcommittee responsible for oversight of the Coast Guard, said he will submit legislation to strip the administrative law system from the Coast Guard, with hopes of having the change implemented by next year. He made the proposal after hearing testimony from two former judges, a maritime attorney and a law professor who said they found evidence of bias or improper management within the current system.
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