Joel Stashenko's Articles on Judicial Activism:

Judges' Associations Prepare to Sue State for Salary Hike (July 26, 2007) http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1182762362315

N.Y. Chief Justice Says Judiciary Is Prepared to Sue to Obtain Raises (April 10, 2007) http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1176122649865

N.Y. Governor: 'Judges Should Know Better' Than to Sue for Raise http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1182503159234

Raise Out of Budget, Again, for N.Y. Judges Chief judge talks of April lawsuit (April 2, 2008) http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1207065970072