The Dean of Courts and California Supreme Court justices are decrying the new slew of budget cuts authorized by Governor Brown.
The complain that with all the court closures, litigants throughout the state of California will have to wait even longer to process court documents and proceed to trial. Small claims litigants will now have to wait an entire year before receiving a hearing before a judge.
In a society as litigious as the United States, it is hardly lamentable that there are no more factors which would discourage citizens from pursuing court actions.
How many times have we endured harangues from judges that private parties should take whatever steps necessary to settle disputes among themselves? In most cases, it would better if wronged individuals simply ate the loss from minor indiscretions of witless perpetrators. By avoiding court, individuals could save time and energy, then invest their money in more profitable ways.
The court system is slow by design, wasteful for its slack in tackling major issues. Employees within the system, from the clerks to the bailiffs, have little incentive to ensure an efficient process, even in good times.
Rather than trusting a lawyer in a black dress or twelve apathetic triers of fact, plaintiffs should rely on living justly rather than fruitlessly searching for justice in a court of law.
Instead of disparaging the stripping of funds from the California court system, thing, the citiznes this state should be grateful for the opportunities forced upon potential litigants to seek more expedient and less controversial means for resolving disputes and recouping loses.
Let us not discount the long-term savings in cutting the court bureaucracy. Fewer courtrooms means fewer public employees with little incentive to provide adequate service to the public, and more importantly, fewer summons to jury duty!
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