Judge Faces Election Charges

Florida Times Union ^ | 02/18/2004 | PAUL PINKHAM

[tutstar]

State commission accuses Gooding of improper conduct during 2002 campaign.

A Jacksonville judge has been charged with improper conduct by the state Judicial Qualifications Commission, which has accused him of four violations in connection with his hard-fought 2002 election campaign.

[tutstar]

I say that we should be greatly encouraged by this article and that this judge is being charged for campaign violations which IMO are piddly compared to the oversights committed by Judge Greer, Baird, and Demers.

I suggest we use this thread to consolidate the things we have identified as wrong with these judges decisions and rulings so that we can right away begin contacting the Commission to take action against Terri's judges.

Mail your judicial complaint to: Attention: Ms. Brooke Kennerly Executive Director Judicial Qualifications Commission Room 102, Historic Capitol Building Tallahassee, FL 32399-6000

850-488-1581

[tutstar]

ping to you all and please ping along to anyone especially to anyone in FL

[longtermmemmory]

And yet the FL Bar sits on the complaint against the complaint of the Palm Beach SA.

[floriduh voter]

Good catch. I can't help but come to the conclusion that MOST of Florida's Judges are crooks. It is believed that Judge Greer violated campaign election laws in 1998 but he was not held accountable.

The JQC should investigate that too but at this point, I'm waiting to see how Schiavo v. Jeb turns out. If we make Greer angry, he could just say pull the tube or Hospice could do something when nobody's looking.

[Blue Screen of Death]

I can't help but come to the conclusion that MOST of Florida's Judges are crooks.

Well, you wouldn't want a plumber who knows nothing about water or a mechanic that knows nothing about cars. Why would you want a judge that knows nothing about criminals.

Kind of like, you have to be black to understand blacks, or female to understand female issues. Well this guy is a criminal and he probably has a good grip on criminal issues.

[floriduh voter]

Why do you think they're soft on repeat drug offenders? They're probably in that trade in my humble opinion.

[cyn]

Hi, tutstar -- thanks for posting this, and for the ping!

[tutstar]

I have to leave in a few so don't want to lose this info, we need to get our Fl freepers aware of this and compile ping so we can move once we have our petition ready for sigs

for reference purposes

http://www.flsenate.gov/Statutes/index.cfm?Mode=Constitution&Submenu=3&Tab=statutes#A03S17

SECTION 17. Impeachment.--

(a) The governor, lieutenant governor, members of the cabinet, justices of the supreme court, judges of district courts of appeal, judges of circuit courts, and judges of county courts shall be liable to impeachment for misdemeanor in office. The house of representatives by two-thirds vote shall have the power to impeach an officer. The speaker of the house of representatives shall have power at any time to appoint a committee to investigate charges against any officer subject to impeachment.

(b) An officer impeached by the house of representatives shall be disqualified from performing any official duties until acquitted by the senate, and, unless impeached, the governor may by appointment fill the office until completion of the trial.

(c) All impeachments by the house of representatives shall be tried by the senate. The chief justice of the supreme court, or another justice designated by the chief justice, shall preside at the trial, except in a trial of the chief justice, in which case the governor shall preside. The senate shall determine the time for the trial of any impeachment and may sit for the trial whether the house of representatives be in session or not. The time fixed for trial shall not be more than six months after the impeachment. During an impeachment trial senators shall be upon their oath or affirmation. No officer shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members of the senate present. Judgment of conviction in cases of impeachment shall remove the offender from office and, in the discretion of the senate, may include disqualification to hold any office of honor, trust or profit. Conviction or acquittal shall not affect the civil or criminal responsibility of the officer.

History.--Am. S.J.R. 459, 1987; adopted 1988; Am. proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision No. 13, 1998, filed with the Secretary of State May 5, 1998; adopted 1998.


http://www.flsenate.gov/Statutes/index.cfm?Mode=Constitution&Submenu=3&Tab=statutes#A03S17
1SECTION 18. Conflict of Interest.--A code of ethics for all state employees and nonjudicial officers prohibiting conflict between public duty and private interests shall be prescribed by law.

History.--Am. proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision No. 13, 1998, filed with the Secretary of State May 5, 1998; adopted 1998.

[BykrBayb]

* The determination that Terri is PVS, in spite of the fact that all doctors on both sides have described her abilities in terms that do not conform to Florida's legal definition of PVS. The law clearly defines PVS, and all testimony, even from doctors claiming she is PVS, clearly states that her condition is contrary to the legal definition of PVS.

* Omission of evidence from records. I think it was Greer who disregarded all evidence from doctors claiming Terri is not PVS, based on his prior determination that she is.

* Awarding Terri's medical trust fund to her estranged husband for the purpose of paying for legal expenses incurred in the pursuit of denying Terri medical treatment.

* Potential conflict of interest. How many of these judges have ties to hospice and right-to-die organisations? How many have had improper meetings with MS?

* Refusal to uphold the law regarding MS's requirement to provide a health care plan.

* Denying Terri a guardian ad litem.

* Being evil.

I lost my train of thought. I'm sure I'll come up with more examples later.