The LWV and Law Day

What a day to wrap up my blog of the LWV, Law Day 2012. In honor of Law Day, the LWV focused on the lack of funding for the federal and state judiciary systems. The President of the national LWV sent out a press release in which she claimed, "It is understandable during tight economies to cut back wherever possible, but underfunding justice is a risk we simply should not be willing to take". She proposed giving the judiciary branch as much control as possible over their own budget. She also encouraged opening share of budget control tactics among states, which would increase transparency in spending. I do not know if I quite agree with her. Letting people in charge of their own budget usually does result in less waste and less spending in general. The down side to this is that the budget may not be going where it needs to. Sometimes an outsider perspective is needed to fully determine where to allocate resources.