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“Chief Justice John Broderick reminded legislators that the state courts in New Hampshire are suffering under the budget constraints in state government,” reports State Senator Bob Odell (R-Lempster). “The Chief Justice addressed a Joint Convention of the legislature to present his every other year State of the Judiciary speech.”

The judiciary is the third co-equal branch of government along with the executive and legislative branches. But the courts operate pretty much under the radar screen of the press and public except when there is a major criminal case. But every day, thousands of citizens are affected by the justice determined within the court system. Justice Broderick noted that for citizens using the courts that ‘their very lives are affected when access to justice is impeded or delayed’. – State Senator Bob Odell, Capital Comments, Match 30, 2009.  Read more…