Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 3-4 - Is Judicial Independence a Casualty in State and Local Budget Battles?

Authors

Michael A. Cicconetti, Painesville, Ohio Municipal Court
Michael Buenger
Lawrence G. Myers, Joplin, Missouri
Robert Wessels, Harris County (Houston), Texas

Date of this Version

December 2005

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association, 41:3-4 (2005), pp. 10-16. Copyright © 2005 National Center for State Courts. Used by permission. Online at http://aja.ncsc.dni.us/htdocs/publications.htm.

Abstract

The first panel discussion at the National Forum on Judicial Independence reviews the budget pressures encountered by the judiciary and their impact on judicial independence. The discussion was led by then-AJA vice president Michael A. Cicconetti, a municipal judge from Painesville, Ohio. Panelists were Michael L. Buenger, Missouri state court administrator, Lawrence G. Myers, court administrator for Joplin, Missouri, and Robert Wessels, court manager for the County Criminal Courts at Law in Houston, Texas. The National Forum on Judicial Independence was supported by a generous grant from the Joyce Foundation of Chicago, Illinois.