The second is essential, as the chief judge oversees the entire
state judiciary system, with 1,300 judges.
Not exact matches
A modernization of the
state court
system over the last year continues as part of an effort to streamline cases and reduce backlogs, Court of Appeals Chief Judge Janet DiFiore said Tuesday during her
state judiciary address.
«By passing Proposition 6, we will strengthen our
judiciary and allow competent judges who are physically and mentally capable to continue serving our judicial
system and making New York
State work.»
The governor, who said there was nothing wrong with the legal
system in Nigeria, added that «in recent times, politicians like President Buhari are the ones responsible for the rot in the
judiciary because of their desperation to use the courts to foist one party
state on Nigerians with conflicting judgments from election tribunals.»
Among his recommendations, Astorino favors switching elected officials from the defined - benefit pension plan to a defined - contribution plan; replacing the per diem
system for lawmaker expenses to one requiring stricter bookkeeping; and scrapping the
state Joint Commission on Public Ethics in favor of a new independent ethics watchdog appointed by the
judiciary.
Among the things that people have told us they expect to find in the United
States: a
judiciary where they can get a fair shake; a free press that investigates broadly and exposes wrongdoing wherever it occurs; auditors who probe accounting records and promptly report irregularities; physicians who are not beholden to pharmaceutical companies; colleges and universities where students can study widely, switch fields and not remain indebted for decades; and finally a political
system where you can succeed without having to sell your soul to wealthy supporters.
Despite the courts having played an integral role in serving as a check against
states not acting in the interests of all students for nearly four decades, Sessions» campaign against judicial oversight of legislative actions prevented the
judiciary from resolving inequities in the Alabama education
system.54
The Economist noted last November that «an unexpected by - product of Mr. Zuma's scandal - plagued presidency has been a growing public interest in the justice
system...» The
judiciary, said the newspaper, had acted «as a bulwark for South African democracy at a time when other institutions, including the police and
state prosecutors, have been compromised.»
In the United
States, the percentage of respondents describing their
judiciary / legal
system as corrupt is about 55, and it is 33 percent in Canada.
Since a 1947 constitutional revision rewrote the
state's
judiciary article, New Jersey has operated under a modified federal
system for appointment to the
state's top courts (Supreme, Appellate Division of the Superior Court, and Superior Court) where governors appoint and the senate confirms any qualified person for an initial term of 7 years.
As Justice Beverley McLachlin
stated: «One of the features of all societies sharing a cultural commitment to the rule of law is public confidence in the justice
system and the
judiciary.»
SB 2238 Requires the
judiciary, office of elections, and campaign spending commission to study appropriate methods of implementing a judicial election
system in the
State and submit a written report, including proposed legislation, to the legislature.
On July 1, 1972, the Office of the
State Courts Administrator (OSCA) was created with initial emphasis on the development of a uniform case reporting
system to provide information on activity in the
judiciary in the preparation of its operating budget and in projecting the need for judges and specialized court divisions.
As part of her overall initiatives to modernize the court
system, Chief Justice Lee described the top - to - bottom review of the
judiciary with particular emphasis on a review of the technology division that serves judges in 31 judicial districts and the appellate courts across the
state.
A significant note from the Duke Law Journal by Joanna Huang with the above title has been posted today September 29 on the Sentencing Law and Policy blog According to Ms. Huang, ``... in 1987 the United
States political and social
systems lost trust in the
judiciary and severely limited its authority by enacting the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.»
National Veterans Legal Services Program, et al. v. United
States (D.D.C.)(lead counsel for the plaintiffs in a class action challenging the fee structure of PACER, the federal
judiciary's online public records
system)
In the article, which was strategically targeted for publication in a
state legal journal widely read by 47,000 prosecutors, public defenders, human rights attorneys, judges, and law and policy makers, in the State of Georgia, I sought to exercise the Transformative Voice, in an effort to informally initiate public mediation among members of the statewide judiciary and criminal justice system, and the affected marginalized communi
state legal journal widely read by 47,000 prosecutors, public defenders, human rights attorneys, judges, and law and policy makers, in the
State of Georgia, I sought to exercise the Transformative Voice, in an effort to informally initiate public mediation among members of the statewide judiciary and criminal justice system, and the affected marginalized communi
State of Georgia, I sought to exercise the Transformative Voice, in an effort to informally initiate public mediation among members of the statewide
judiciary and criminal justice
system, and the affected marginalized communities.
You must be bilingual, possess a post-secondary education, and have knowledge of the justice
system including an understanding of the roles, responsibilities, views and concerns of the
judiciary, the bar, and governments, and a broad knowledge, from a business (not technical perspective), of the current
state of technology in the justice
system and opportunities for advancing effectiveness.