I am starting to analyze the yesterday's "State of the Judiciary 2015" address by Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals.
Here is a general impression.
Nothing unexpected there.
A lot of self-aggrandizing.
A lot of self-praise - how "spectacular" the New York state judiciary is. How it is the "absolute best" in the country. How it deserves the best pay in the country. How a new raise for judges is planned (from the current puny $152,000 for County Judges and $172,000 for Supreme Court judges) despite the "access to justice crisis".
Happens all the time, year in and year out.
Listening to Lippman was like a flashback to my youth in the Soviet Union.
There were also a lot of speeches by the Communist party leaders at that point, a lot of self-aggrandizing, a lot of self-praise, a lot of claims that they are the absolute best for the country.
Quite sickening, actually. Both then and now.
Different country, different language, allegedly different societal structures.
The same blights.
I will try to analyze the State of the Judiciary address of 2015 issue by issue, in detail, on this blog, in the nearest future.
Stay tuned.