Perspective
Oct. 21, 2011
Addressing the funding crisis facing our nation’s largest court system
Our third branch of government is at grave risk of defaulting on the promise of justice. By Jeffrey Selbin of UC Berkeley School of Law and Tirien Steinbach of East Bay Community Law Center
"Devastating"
"Collapsing"
These are just some of the terms used recently by California judges, including Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, to describe the latest round of draconian state court budget cuts that went into effect earlier this month. By any account, the nation's largest court system is reeling after cumulative reductions that total more than $1 billion during the last three years (or...
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