'Acting' State Supreme Court Justices
August 1st, 2008
Forty-four percent of the city’s Supreme Court justices are ‘temporary’ appointees, according to the latest article in Judicial Reports. Of those 137 temporary justices, 41 have held those seats for over 10 years.
Supreme Court justices are supposed to be elected. But to handle the case load of the court, the Chief Administrative Judge can appoint these justices from the ranks of lower courts. Some are even appointed to the Court of Claims with the sole intention of moving them onto the Supreme Court.
It seems that this situation is caused by the state constitution, which limits the number of judges per 50,000 residents of a judicial district.
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By Mike Muller on August 1, 2008, 11:18 amIn category: Governing, Law | No Comments »



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