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Can California Afford Cut-Rate Justice?
California's Chief Justice has asked the legislature to restore cuts made in the budget in the past 4 years. We talk with her and update a power struggle within the court.
By Warren Olney • • 52m Listen"As the California dream disintegrates for some, they rightly come to the courts." That's according the State Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye. But as court business is on the increase, funding is on the decline. This week, she asked the legislature to restore massive cuts made in the courts' budget in the past four years. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the US Supreme Court, the President's healthcare reform and history.
Banner image: The judicial council, led by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, hears a request for emergency funding from San Francisco Superior Court, on September 9, 2011. To her right sits Administrative Director of the Courts William C. Vickrey
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2 storiesAre State Courts Providing Justice to 38 Million Californians?
California's Chief Justice has asked the legislature to restore cuts made in the budget in the past 4 years. We talk with her and update a power struggle within the court.
Read the story26 minThe Supreme Court Takes On Healthcare
Led by Florida, 26 states have challenged President Obama's Affordable Care Act , passed two years ago without the vote of a single Republican. Lower courts have been sharply divided on the principal question of whether the federal government can punish Americans who don't buy health insurance.
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