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Indeed, there are still legislators, as well as members of the state’s bench and bar, who would like to see the whole idea scrapped. They concede, with the state Supreme Court’s heavy backlog and long delays in processing cases, some kind of reform is needed. But they question that the Intermediate Court is the way to go about it.
The new Court was first approved, after long and heated debate, by the 1963 General Assembly, but it was not funded. Nor were any of the basic decisions made about how many judges would sit on the court, what its jurisdiction would be, and exactly what kind of appeals it would hear.
The lawmakers took up the battle again at their session earlier this year. Again the court bill was approved after passionate debate, and, in the waning hours of the session, the necessary bucks were placed in the appropriations bill to get it started and hire the judges. It was agreed there would be ten justices who would sit in panels of three each at locations to be determined around the state. The tenth justice would be a sort of roving fielder who would substitute in case of illnesses, vacations, etc.
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But beyond that, no decisions were made.
These judges, like all judges in Virginia, must be elected by the General Assembly, and the session came to a close before the elections could take place. The Democratic caucuses of the House and Senate agreed to meet in early June, nominate the judges, and then ask the governor to call a brief special legislative session to formalize their elections. This Gov. Chuck Robb agreed
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