State court officials across the country, saddled with unprecedented budget cuts that are expected to worsen next year, are considering drastic measures to save money, such as permanently closing courthouses, shaving staff positions, realigning judicial districts, rewriting criminal laws and overhauling the structure of their courts.
For fiscal year 2010, judicial branches in more than half the states faced budget cuts, with a dozen more anticipating shortfalls, according to the National Center for State Courts NCSC. So far this year, state court officials have tried stopgap solutions to their budget problems: hiring freezes, early retirement, furloughs, layoffs, shortened courthouse hours and closing courthouses for a day or more each month.
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