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| OpEd: Courts, legislature clash |
| By The Sacramento Bee |
| Published: 10/09/2008 |
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CALIFORNIA - The conflict between California and federal judges over operation of the 170,000-inmate prison system could evolve into one of those epic legal struggles that involve bedrock constitutional principles and wind up in a historic Supreme Court decree. Or not. While some conservative Republicans contend that the state should strenuously resist the creeping judicial takeover of the prison system, even defying a judge's orders, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and most Democrats are just pleading for more time to comply. By the same token, federal Judge Thelton Henderson scolded state officials this week for not complying with demands from receiver J. Clark Kelso for money Kelso says is needed to upgrade prison health care, but stopped short of holding those officials in contempt, which would be the next step. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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