Electing more Republicans is not the solution. Greer is a Republican. A radical overhaul of state and Federal judiciaries is necessary. The legislative and executive branches of government should become involved when a judge's decision will cause the termination of a human life. The same consideration is given to those sentenced to capital punishment, as governors have the power to commute death sentences in most states. Furthermore, the power of judicial review of legislation must be subject to override by the legislatures and Congress. All judges must be subject to term limits of six years, with the judge barred from serving in a judicial role for a minimum of six years. The U.S. Constitution must be amended to require popular election of judges, either nationwide for the Supreme Court or within the district or circuit where the justice will preside. Another amendment would prohibit any Federal judge from interpreting the U.S. Constitution on any basis other than original intent, on pain of impeachment.
Judicial tyranny must end.
The worst (and corrupt) judge I ever encountered was a Republican. He had the same name as his father, who was a senior judge in the same district court. The people voted for the son because they thought they were voting for the father. Once on the bench, the power of incumbency kept him there. As his father's former law partner put it, "It is a good thing that [the son] was elected. He certainly couldn't practice law."
Greer should be pilloried and then run out of the Republican party. We should look into ways to get him expelled from the party and work nationally to get him defeated in the '06 election. We as a party have the right to censure him.
Wrong. Don't make sweeping generalizations from particular instances.
There are plenty of Greer's about; you can generally find them in areas where corrupt politics are the rule. But, on the whole, there are professional standards and precedents which work against the Greers.
Many, many of the best people around are those serving in the judiciary. If you will study the evolution of this nation, you will readily understand this.
Consider also that if the judiciary were not one of the three branches of government, we would have mob rule - and no way to address grievances except by vendatta as they still do in such places as Sicily.
Pinellas County, Florida - along with the rest of Florida - is suceptible to these actions because of its particular blend of lack of personal roots due to the incoming/transient population and its expansion, along with the accompanying wheeling and dealing - especially in real estate matters.
Witness the 2000 election.
Greer has indicated by his actions/non-actions that he is not a judge - but that instead he is a co-conspirator in a criminal matter.
"There are probably Judge Greers in every county in the United States."
You are SO right. Here in Ohio, judges are often appointed to the bench upon retirement in the middle of a term, death, or taking another office/job. Then, when election time comes up, they run unopposed. Cronyism at its best. I can't tell you how often you see judgeship after judgeship with just one name on the ballot. I never vote for them. What is the point? Isn't that what the communists did -- run just one person per office, so they get 100% of the vote?
I think, most of all, people need to vote and they need to be informed and responsible when they do vote. Each vote can make a difference in whether a person such as this Greer takes authority over these United States. If we the people vote carefully for righteous leaders people such as Greer won't get the chance to murder helpless women at the mercy of abusive husbands.