Apparently Senate President David Williams needs the courts to do some legislating after all.
When the Kentucky Senate laid the Senior Judge Bill on the table, effectively killing it, they failed to clarify one crucial little question. When does the program end; 2007 or 2009?
The Kentucky Law Review reports that when asked whether the General Assembly needs to clear up that confusion, Senate President David Williams (R - Burkesville) replied "That's what courts are for."
Michael Stevens, writing for the blog says, "Senator Williams' passing the buck (literally and metaphorically) to the courts and the legal system to spend money and months to resolve a question initially created by the legislature and now exacerbated by senatorial inaction makes one wonder what is behind the GOP's cries of judicial activism. It is unfair to the senior judges serving, those considering serving, and those appearing in those courts. Looks like the courts will have to step in where the senators (and obviously not angels) fear to tread."
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