Judge Robert Conrad, the director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, in a memo, opens new tab distributed to judges and other court officials nationally, said the judiciary currently estimates it could sustain operations only through October 3.

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Conrad acknowledged the short duration was a “very sharp change” from how the courts were able to sustain paid operations for the entirety of a five-week shutdown that began in December 2018 during President Donald Trump’s first administration.

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Should money run out, judges and Supreme Court justices would still get paid, thanks to a constitutional bar against a diminution in their pay. But law clerks, probation officers, and other employees would not.

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