Abuse Freedom United, Radio Interview, Nov. 6, 2011, 7-9 PM, by Jane Boyer of Susan T. Glascoff
(STG- Masters- Health
Advocacy & Math, Member Who's Whos in America & 5 other WWs
due to 40+ yrs public advocacy of many topics, former school board
member & math teacher, ongoing ~10yrs-Exec. Director Advisory Bd.
to Nat'l Coalition for Family Justice- gender-neutral 501C3 since
1988 helping divorcing people experiencing problems with courts; 3
sons, 2 stepsons, 5 grandchildren, website-
www.advocateforlegalaccountability.com)
THEME- Lack of legal accountability,
no matter the topic, is strangling the U.S. Reported ~ 2 yrs
ago-
Illinois newspaper- “We import
lawsuits, export jobs,” FL Sentinel- “1/10 of our small
businesses go out of business due to legal excess,” Atty. Philip
Howard in book, “Death of Common Sense,” ~30% of health care
costs go to legal system,” legal abuse web site- greatest % of
civil cases concern divorce.
PRIME ISSUE- Justice system
has turned upside down- It's too often Who Can Win, NOT What's Just.
TONIGHT'S FOCUS- How it affects
families, esp. our children, hence our future in ALL regards!
Consider
Kent Keith's (lawyer, PhD, Harvard, Oxford, etc.)book, “Anyway”
pg 114- “If there is hope for our children, there is every hope.
If there is no hope for our
children, there is no hope at all. The
future of the world depends on
the kinds of people today's children turn out to be.”
KEY
“TERMS”- power &
control, judicial discretion/immunity, loopholes, media, rules of
evidence & legalese, overwhelming,
common sense, checks/balances, transparency, big cost,
hrly billing, plea brgn, guardians ad litem, impoverishment, fraud,
interconnected, Occupy Wall St., outrageous compensation, power of
compounding, denial, Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde, cycling abuse,PTSD, cliches,
credibility, substance abuse, FBI,etc,
invitation to creative
compassionate, constructive dialogue incld. contests &
incentives.
HIGHLIGHTS OF
DISCUSSION:
Since everything is interconnected, isn't Occupy Wall
Street the OVERWHELMING result of public belief that multiple aspects
of how our government is operating have been compounding towards
dysfunction? Isn't legal system one branch of government? Don't all
know it's too easy to sue, & legal bills can impoverish or even
bankrupt you? Conferences, books, & many media have been
presenting for decades that we need legal reform, yet it never seems
to be a theme of national dialogue, even now with OWS? WHY NOT?? It
was just reported that Mr. Corzine, former head of Goldman Sachs,
paid a lawyer $400,000 to insure severance pay for his next job would
be $12.1M.
ALL contracts are legal documents, including compensation,
but also including marriages & divorces. All know that children
of divorce have more problems concentrating in school, have higher
rates of turning to substance abuse, & generally tend towards
more behavior that either hurts themselves &/or society including
often as adults. There's tons of evidence that abusive behaviors
cycle (judges & guardians need FAR more training re that). SO
WHY are we ignoring that divorce has become a huge industry here
versus trying to do everything we can to lessen the rate (There are
some wonderful school programs on challenges of good partnering &
parenting- so why isn't some form REQUIRED? An excellent book by
Ruth Tod- “Positive Parenting for a Peaceful World,” should be
read by all. Atty. Lynn-Gold-Bikin's “Partners” HS program that
uses charades for dialogue, & similar programs are too scantily
used.) or DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE to help insure the best results
possible when divorce is inevitable?
What
often happens in divorce/family courts instead? Many cases drag on
for years, impoverishing either entire family or one spouse relative
to other. Custody has become a huge battle where kids are treated
like commodities & hidden issue is often not custody but child
support. Consider the Brooklyn, NY notorious Taub case ongoing 6 ½
yrs. Mother bankrupt though father was noteded by court to be worth
at least $43M. Home & 3 small rental properties deeded to her
are in foreclosure due to courts not enforcing OWN orders-
maintenance, child support, paying marital mortgage, not interferring
with rent collection, questionably dismissing RICO vs husband.
Foreclosures & bankruptcies cost everyone, as does operation of
courts (Retired judge prepared guestimate for me -it costs ~
$4500/day to operate 1 courtroom in NYC area. Many states are
cutting legal budgets, but NOT cutting legal manipulation, so things
are getting worse). Mr. Taub- got suspended sentence re extortion re
covering up sex abuse of then-14yr old son whom he stole custody of,
mother has't seen since; all courts ignored + tax evasion,
etc. Oldest daughter by 1st
marriage (testified re years abuse by stepfather) is fighting judge
giving persmission for her estranged husband to get kids' passports
without LAW'S required
signing by both parents; judge ignored
father owes ~$194,000 child support ~8yrs for 5 kids & had
criminal order for supervised visitation for sexually touching 10 yr
old daughter. In court hall 10/31 Mr. Taub asked “How can wife win
last 5 appeals -lost 42; judges/lawyers like $. I can drag this 5
more yrs?” STG there.
There
have been judicial conferences, etc, drawing up legal reform
guidelines; little changes because judges continue to have near total
immunity & discretion. How
about some common sense?
Consider -legal definition of fraud -“deliberate
intention to deceive if have a fiduciary responsibility.”
Don't most court cases involve fiduciary responsibility? If records
etc. are withheld (in Taub case no judge fully enforced Discovery in
6+ yrs), as in scads of cases, that IS fraud! Hence, courts
are promoting fraud & IT MUST STOP!
FBI interviewed me 3x!??? Last wk 23 yr old daughter released
tape of father, Family Court Judge Adams of TX, beating her with
leather belt; both she & her mother reported yrs of abuse.
Shouldn't that result in immediate
expulsion from the bench? Common
sense anybody?? Justice??
The award-winning documentary NoWayOutButOne.com has just
been released where mother & kids got asylum in Netherlands FROM
U.S. due to abusive courts.
Shame on us!!
The 9th
annual Battered Mothers' Custody conference (national, held in
Albany, NY & attended by many men who are outraged by this as
well) gets no major media coverage- why not? Pres. Obama created a
post on violence against women (to which I report) but little has
visibly changed. 1996-2006
study, all federal judges, 843 in 29 states & thousands
complaints- NONE got sanctioned- doesn't such
tarnish good judges or impair their efforts? Doesn't
absolute power tend to corrupt absolutely? Is ANY group good at
policing itself? IN 2005
I prepared huge Big Picture Legal Reform Report (well-documented) I
sent to over 200, including 23 senators, media, etc. & in 2002
sent 200 petitions to at least one major newspaper per state, ETC.
I requested legal reform be topic for presidential debates in 2004 &
2008. I'm trying to get it as topic for 2012 -will YOU HELP spread
word? I ALWAYS request only compassionate, constructive solutions &
suggest state & local contests & incentives. Years ago it
was reported we litigated 10x more per person than England.
Excessive, abusive litigation & fear of it is strangling the U.S.
Can we survive this way?
1821- Thomas Jefferson, “The
germ of destruction of our nation is in power of the judiciary.”
Reason given was lack of checks & balances. He soon said- “The
only remedy is to inform the public discretion.” I believe the
germ is a cancer about to metastasize via the power of compounding &
fact that everything is interrelated.
Helen Keller- “None are so blind as those who will not see.”
Edmund Burke- “All it takes for evil to flourish is for good people
to do nothing.” Margaret Mead- “Never doubt a small group of
thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only
thing that ever has.” Pascal- “Justice without force is
powerless, force without justice is tyrannical.” Samuel Johnson-
“Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must
first be overcome.” Sylvester Stallone- “I think I'd like to be
remembered as someone who beat the odds through just plain
determination... that I persevered. Because I think that being
somewhat of a pest to life, constantly plaguing & pursuing, will
bring results.” Latter has surely been my motto, but I think time
has run out because the power of compounding of interrelated issues
is about to skyrocket out of control if we the people don't LOUDLY
INSIST NO MORE NONSENSE NOW!!!! Retired Chief NY State Judge Judith
Kaye said something like-“Courts lose effectiveness when they lose
public respect.” I ask,
“How can we promote democracy
or survive if our legal system is a sham?”
Our Kids 'Kant' Wait So
Neither Can We!!
PS-
Since interview Appellate Court denied mother's appeal to stop judge
from ignoring law that states for minors to get passports, both parents
must sign! Does the U.S. really want to allow international abduction?
Etc!
Note NYC is listed as the 6th Judicial Hellhole by the American Tort Reform Association. Can we ignore judicial hellholes?
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