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Courts are overwhelmed because laws rarely get revoked, revised, or modernized.

6th amendment to the US constitution:

  In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the 
  right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury 
  of the State and district wherein the crime shall have  
  been committed, which district shall have been previously 
  ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and 
  cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the 
  witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for 
  obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the 
  Assistance of Counsel for his defense