Issues and Impacts of Cuts to Judicial Funding

Our courts across the state are continuing to struggle to meet their constitutionally mandated duties in the face of significant funding cuts. Our judges understand the dilemma facing the governor and our legislators in this economic environment. However, we cannot allow criminal prosecutions to be halted, child support and child custody issues to be left undecided, nor business disputes left unresolved. Now more than ever, it is important that the three branches of our state government work together to find solutions that will keep the doors of our courtrooms open and the Rule of Law maintained. 

Please take every opportunity you have to help spread the message of the importance of sufficiently funded courts, whether through a civic club presentation, letter to the editor or op-ed column in your local newspaper or one-on-one conversations with your friends and neighbors. Up-to-date statistical and anecdotal information is below for your reference.

1) Overview