Step right up and get yer justice here.  Stomping for judicial pay raises, Court of Appeals Chief Judge Judy gave a speech to a group of businessfolk, as reported in the New York Law Journal and Judicial Reports.  Well, this seemed a bit curious. 

Other than playing on the businessfolk’s fear of reprisal, what could our Chief Judge, the one individual who more than any other in the State of New York represents Justice, Propriety and Fundamental Fairness for all, say to these corp-exec-types?

                      “We need it and deserve it for the protection and promotion of business interests in this financial and commercial capital of the world.”

Gulp.  A new motto for the Court system, To Protect and Promote Business Interests.  That old cliché, Equal Justice Under Law, was getting tired anyway.