Posted by
NOTLEGALROADKILLYET on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 9:52:29 PM
Today, the G-T published a good editorial on the decision of the Federal Courts to disclose "junkets" (my word) by Federal Judges.
I can't help but comment on two areas:
"If there is corruption on the federal bench, it's of a more subtle, and thus insidious, kind — stemming from the personal or political biases judges read into the law, as well as the hubris that comes from wielding vast power."
The last two times the Federal Courts issued rulings in instances where they lacked jurisdiction were Hamdan and the NSA ruling by Judge Taylor. In the case of Hamdan the G-T not only did not criticize the ruling, it published both an unfriendly (to the President) guest editorial and piled on with an editorial of its own attacking the President. In the case of Judge Taylor, it only published a guest editorial unfriendly to the President. If it EVER informed its readers that those two courts lacked jurisdiction, I am unaware as to when and how.
"Also last week, Chief Justice John Roberts released a study showing that about 30 percent of “high visibility” judicial misconduct complaints have been mishandled — highlighting a situation that definitely needs to be addressed."
In Colorado, judicial misconduct complaints are secret, the fact that they have been made is secret, and the penalty imposed is secret. I don't think that serves the public.