Court Chief Warns: Iowans Losing Access To Justice System

DES MOINES — The Iowa judicial system no longer has the “bandwidth” to deliver the justice “to meet the demands that our citizens expect and deserve,” the state’s top court administrator warned lawmakers Wednesday.“I think we can be doing a better job that we are today,” State Court Administrator Todd Nuccio told the legislative Judicial Systems Appropriations Subcommittee.Nuccio’s comments come nearly two months after Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady warned lawmakers of “ominous signs” that insufficient resources for the Judicial Branch “tear at the very fabric of our operation and mission.”The court system probably can weather Gov.