By failing to grant the state's judges a raise for 11 years, the Legislature has created a "crisis" that violates the separation of powers doctrine, the Court of Appeals ruled yesterday. However, the Court declined requests to order an immediate raise or to fashion another remedy for the constitutional breach other than the "appropriate and expeditious legislative consideration" of the issue on its merits alone.
February 24, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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ALBANY – By failing to grant the state’s judges a raise for 11 years, the Legislature has created a “crisis” that violates the separation of powers doctrine, the Court of Appeals ruled yesterday.
The Court concluded, 5-1, that the continued linking of judicial pay to unrelated issues was threatening the judiciary’s independence.
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