Judicial task force on Constitutional Convention now focused on legislative reforms
As part of her Excellence Initiative, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore created a judicial task force aimed at studying the potential benefits to the courts of holding a constitutional convention.
Since voters decided against a constitutional convention, DiFiore has instead decided not to disband the task force and will refocus it with the goal of advancing legislative reforms instead.
“Constitutional reforms should be considered where necessary to remove roadblocks to improving the work of the courts and to make court operations more efficient and less costly to the taxpayers and the litigants,” the Chief Judge said on Friday in a statement.
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