B.S. up the wazoo alert. Go, DeLay!!
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Ruth Bader should be impeached first and foremost.
Congress doesn't have what it takes to impose a check on a runaway judicary while the courts have no problem at all slapping Congress around like a punching bag.
Delay at least, recognizes that and is willing to speak out on it. The rest of them are, well, wussies.
If any of this is undertaken, it should be done soberly. In an ideal world, it would be led by public figures of stature who are not involved in partisan politics.
That would be Tom Delay.
We have to start with the seed: the lawyers and local corruption.
There is an "institutionalized legal system' in every state-effectively a union of lawyers ("Officers of the Court") and judges..in which, more times than not, the "law" has absolutely no bearing on the outcome of a local civil case---but where the cases are decided by horse trading in Chambers.
Lawyers routinely sell out their clients best interest, succumbing to peer pressure and judicial pressure; i.e. a lawyer does not want to garner the reputation of being a maverick who steadfastly fights for right, justice and law, because, if so, s/he loses his/her standing in the union.
The end result, is that lawyer is going to have a tough time earning a living, where the judges and other attorneys are going to make it extremely unlikely that the maverick attorney ever wins a case. It's predominantly politics.
At this point, I think I speak the obvious....but for those who haven't been aware of this institutionalized legal system, they are becoming more aware now...resulting in the frustration of some victims of injustice that leads them to wrongfully engage violence.
The most telling aspect of this principle is where the Judiciary, even the Conservative 11th Circuit, united in lockstep when one of their brethren was challenged by Congress (Greer)- even where it was evident that Greer made clearly erroneous decisions AND even where the Legislature and Executive Branches ordered, by constitutional means via a Law, that the District Court perform a de novo review.
I saw in a piece of proposed legislation, that one element, was the establishment of an ombudsman, to whom those victimized by judicial tyranny could bring their grievances. This solution is a step in the right direction
However, the Office of the ombudsman would have to be "real".
In Ct, we have a grievance procedure for those misrepresented by their attorneys. Of course, it's a straw man. The ultimate arbiter of the grievance is a panel of lawyers designated by the Bar Association. So much for that.
In Ct, a maverick lawyer, a woman, sued 3 judges for corruption and collusion. Very brave, indeed. Not only did she lose the case, she was disbarred for 5 years- a disbarment upheld by the Ct. Supreme Court.
In Ct., we have a statute against Unfair Trade Practices conducted by businesses, professionals and commercial enterprises. You guessed it- the Ct Supreme Court ruled that it did not apply to attorneys.
This ombudsman, or a citizen's review committee, would be an effective solution to the tyranny of local judges and attorneys who see themselves as the "law"- the trick will be to get in past a Legislature consisting, in good measure, of attorneys.
I see someone crying out for reform and I see people trying to silence him.
I see someone crying out for reform and I see people trying to silence him.
Ping if you can't stand judicial despots.
"but a politician under siege for alleged ethics violations "
Screw you Durst! I expected more from the Herald.
I had to rub my eyes. This is from a Boston newspaper!?
This wagon is circled and I support Tom Delay. What is amusing is how the Democrats will not go along with an investigation on Mr. Delay. They know what will happen if they do.