In her letter to Gov. M. Jodi Rell, state Supreme Court Justice Joette Katz stated that her reason for initially declining to take furlough days was that far more money could be saved by not appointing first nine and then four more new judges because they are not needed. The fact is we do have enough judicial manpower because the growing number of judge trial referees (judges who reach the age of 70) perform many judicial duties in our courts.
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Judicial Furloughs And Judicial Independence
The Connecticut Law Tribune
November 15, 2010
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