Here's an article by Laura Lynn, Los Angelos Family Courts Examiner, and Michael Warnken, judicial reform activist:
How to end the corruption in court
While increasing representation is part of the solution; we need to hold those representatives accountable or all is lost. While Californians only have 1 representative per roughly half a million people, Mainers (Mainiacs some call us) have 1 representative per about 8000 people... and we're in trouble because we haven't really got their ear!