One of the primary themes of court system interdependence is resource dependence — the idea that courts rely on outsiders to provide some of the key resources they need to operate. Those resources include not only quantifiable goods like money, judges, and courthouses, but also “soft” resources like fair, accurate, and unbiased reporting about the courts and their activities. When the media fails to provide this core resource, public trust in the courts can suffer.
Two recent examples demonstrate the problem.
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The Interdependent Third Branch 