Posted by
NOTLEGALROADKILLYET on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 5:11:16 AM
My subconscious does my best thinking, so we will let it work for a few minutes:
1. This blog is not an attack on a single judge. It would be extremely easy to do that, but it would discredit me to do so. The reason my judge keeps popping up is that he and the defense attorney have inadvertantly provided a wealth of material and knowledge that illustrate the points that I am trying to make.
2. This blog should be seen as an attack on the whole legal ethics system which in Colorado appears to have few redeeming features. My long term goal is to strip the State Supreme Court of the power to make and enforce ethics/court rules and place that power in the hands of non attorneys, very similiar to a scheme currently used successfully by the real estate profession.
3. I do need to discuss the qualifications that make a good judge. I stated earlier and then retracted a comment that my judge was unqualified. In part I did that because it could be seen as a personal attack and could become the subject of what someone else called cardboard box litigation. However, I think a case can be made that the need qualifications go well past those the state lists-for example the mental discipline to read and comprehend accurately multi-page arguments accompanied by the discipline to issue orders that are sufficiently detailed that they inspire confidence that the arguments are understood. If a judge can't or won't do those two things, it is difficult to see how he can claim to be qualified, regardless of his education and experience. We will explore what I told the retention commission on that subject.
4. I need to renew and make a series my "Cliff's Notes" post. It would help keep people from getting the wrong idea as to what I am trying to accomplish with this blog.