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and many others, we know the State Bench has been and
is manned by highly qualified dedicated public servants*
I would also note that these men have served
under the present appointive eleqtii,ve' system, a system
which the Institute of Judicial AtUftinistration has called,
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and I quote, "basically sound with some features far in
advance of those found in many other jurisdictions, a
,
system that ought not to be scrapped but one that deserves
and needa to be Improved apd atrengthcned."
We of the minority are anxious to improve and
strengthen the courts by modifying and in some cases
going beyond the- recommendations of the majority of
the Committee on the Judiciary.
As the majority was dedicated in the performance
of its task, again let me emphasize the dedication of
the minority to the improvement of the State Judiciary
within the framework of a Republican form of government.
To give just one example, the very significant matter
of establishing a Commission on Judicial Disability
would not have passed this committee without the whole-
hearted support of the signatories of this minority