Nevada Newsmakers

Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette Journal

Guests:
Justice James Hardesty, Nevada Supreme Court
Pundits:
Dick Gammick, Washoe County District Attorney
Chris Wicker, Chair, Washoe County Democratic Party
Scott Craigie, Alrus Consulting


"Do you want your Supreme Court working on appeals of petitions of judicial revue for driver’s license revocations or do you want the highest court in the state working on issues such as tax petitions, the question of the death penalty, lethal injections issue that have dramatic long term effect. Intermediate Appellate court can be funded for by this state for 1.2 million dollars. "

- Justice James Hardesty on how the State Supreme Court could be freed up from 900 cases per year that are trivial by comparison with the cases that have long term legal opinions.