Chief Justice Calls Potential Budget Cuts "Murder"

Seth Miles

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Due to fiscal shortfalls, caused in large part by a sinking economy, Florida officials proposed a 10% cut to the Court's budget. Chief Justice Fred Lewis warned Florida's legislators that the cuts would lead to the firing of 900 court employees and be nothing less than a "spear to the heart."

The sad reality? The budget cuts are necessitated by a bad short-term federal fiscal policy more interested in tax cuts for the wealthy, outrageous expenditures on an unnecessary war, and sweetheart deals for political cronies, than the fiscal future of this country. And those hurt, once again, will be the poor, the young, and the disenfranchised. Overburdened courts will be further overburdened and delays will result. And, as we all know, particularly for the injured, justice delayed is justice denied.