As the news sunk in over the weekend that once again raises – which just weeks ago looked like a done deal – were not to be, New York’s state judges lashed out at every available target.

In dozens, if not hundreds, of e-mails to each other, judges directed their anger at Governor Eliot Spitzer, leaders in the Legislature and even their own leaders, Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye and Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman ( See Profile).