Is it abdication for the courts to close their doors?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Maynard v. Shanker, 297 N.Y.S.2d 801, 59 Misc.2d 55 (N.Y. Fam. Ct. 1969):
'The judiciary is an indispensable part of the operation of * * * system. With the growing complexities of government it is often the one and only place where effective relief can be obtained * * * where wrongs to individuals are done by [59 Misc.2d 57] violation of specific guarantees, it is abdication for courts to close their doors,' Mr. Justice Douglas, Flast v. Cohen, 392 U.S. 83, 111, 88 S.Ct. 1942, 1958, 20 L.Ed.2d 947, 968 (1968)
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