Such actions will now be a thing of the past. Bizarrely, this law was sold to the American public under the guise of fighting terrorism. Two terrorists are discussing the placing of a bomb. A third terrorist runs into the room with a newspaper announcing the passage of the Anti-Terrorism Act. After all, if we plant it and are convicted, we will have only one year in which to file a Petition for Habeas Corpus.
Terrorists are people committed to a cause.
The whole concept is absurd. One factor has to be the War on Drugs. Your civil case may not be tried for years, because of the drug cases. Another factor, discussed above, is the right of a judge to set his or her hours. If the judge wants to start late or leave early, there is not much that anyone else can do about it.