Judges and Judiciary
Oct. 16, 1999
Doogie Howser, PJ?
By Kevin M. "Casey" Christensen According to recent articles, there are not only too few judicial positions to handle California's swelling dockets, there are too few interested candidates to fill existing open positions - at least the prominent older candidates Gov. Gray Davis wants to appoint. The inevitable result: a gradual slowing, or halting, of certain aspects of the judicial process. It doesn't have to be that way, but fixing the problem may require abandoning some assumptions.
According to recent articles, there are not only too few judicial positions to handle California's swelling dockets, there are too few interested candidates to fill existing open positions - at least the prominent older candidates Gov. Gray Davis wants to appoint. The inevitable result: a grad...
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