Perspective
Mar. 16, 2011
Who Really Runs the Judicial Branch
Control of the judiciary belongs to the judges of the state's 58 trial courts. By Maryanne G. Gilliard of the Sacramento County Superior Court.
Over the past 10 years, repeated clashes have erupted in the judiciary, all revolving around one question: Who really runs our judicial branch? The reality is that an imbalance of power currently rests in an insular triumvirate: the chief justice; William Vickrey, the director of the Administrative Office of the Courts; and the chairman of the Judicial Council's Executive and Planning Committee, a 14-year council veteran.
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