Posted by susan titus glascoff at 2/11/2013 2:22 PM 

YOU BE the JUDGE- answer questions
about Legal Accountability, Feb. 2013, S.Titus Glascoff
Definitions: 1st
read 1-10
top-
pair exactly with questions 1-10
bottom- answer YES or NO for each. [Note-
#7-10, are criminal offenses, except #8 + tax evasion- part of #9-
can
be criminal or
civil]
1) purpose
of court- where justice is administered,
2) justice- happens when
result is based on legal or moral principles,
3) job description- Judges
must ensure all proceedings are fair, protect rights of all
involved,
4) Judicial Complaint
Commission-to protect public(can file complaint), promote
confidence in integrity, independence, & impartiality of
judiciary, including encouraging high standards,
5) abuse of judicial
discretion- violation of due process(gov't.fairness), reason, facts of case,
6) contempt of court-
willfully disobeying court orders & regulations; judges are not
required to enforce own orders; victims can file contempt motion
-judges may dismiss it, order fines or jail,
7) extortion- undue
exercise of power (ex.- bribery) to get money from people,
8) fraud- deceit to gain
advantage, especially (not necessarily) if financial
responsibility,
9) obstruction of justice &
money laundering overlap-ex: interfering by actions or words
with court actions, tax evasion, illegal property transfers, using
courts as weapon of retaliation, etc,
10) RICO (Racketeer
Influenced & Corrupt Organizations Act), Congress- guilty- individual or Mob-violated at least 2 federal & 8 state
statutes showing pattern, enterprise/conspiracy.
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1. Can the purpose of courts
be met if : a) loopholes & other delaying tactics deny timely
access? b) Medical services are denied since malpractice premiums
high(awards too high, easy to sue)?
2. Is justice denied if
opposing side has more money to drag case on longer than you can
afford?
3. Have judges fulfilled their job
description if they rule for
one side versus opposing
facts
given?
4. Judicial Complaint Commission is not allowed to correct judges' orders that even violate laws. Appellate judges do that. Both groups rarely rule vs other judges. Isn't outside review needed? (1996-2006 study-all federal judges in 50 states, 1000s complaints, in 29 none got sanctioned.) (Documented 58,000 cases/yr -courts give custody to abuser when clear evidence abuse given.)
5. Would you consider it an abuse of judicial discretion if in a 7yr bankruptcy/divorce case wife is forced to Chap.11 bankruptcy/foreclosure, judges saying- husband wealthy/still ignoring orders, including taking or interfering with wife's rent collections, not paying home mortgage, ETC?
6. Contempt of court motions (for not obeying judge orders), & related required “motions” - lots are often filed by victims (taking lots time & money from them + taxpayer expense + other cases delayed, etc). Is it fair to require victims to repeatedly try to get judges to enforce their orders? 7. If a father was found guilty of extortion (wire-tapped evidence given re recipt of 1st $75,000 of $2-300,000 requested) for agreeing to cover up sex abuse of son, is 3 months probation enough?
8. Would you call it fraud-someone often filed taxes yrs late,spent lots more than income declared, ignored judges' orders to make many kinds of payments & this forced a person into bankruptcy?
9. a) Would you consider it obstructing justice & money laundering if apartment bldg. ownership transferred for $10 (to foreign citizen) against judge orders? b) If judges ignore that, including if victim filed contempt motions, would you consider that using courts as a weapon of retaliation?
10. Some of approx. 35 violations on RICO list are: “if it relates to sexual exploitation of children, wire fraud, extortion, money laundering, obstruction of justice, fraud connected with a chap.11 case, enterprise-“including individual, partnership, association, or other legal entity OR group of individuals associated in fact though not a legal entity.” a) If someone claimed as income rent from several bldgs (he transferred his ownership against judge's orders), would you agree that meets RICO requirement for enterprise or conspiracy since they could not do it alone? b) If yes, & they did all things listed (>2 fed, 8 state) in this paragraph, would you judge them guilty of RICO?
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PLEASE forward this widely-
friends, politicians, media. Cost of suits + defensive practices are
built into everything,
& abusive practices are well known to have high recycling rates-
a costly spiral!!
Don't judges, etc need checks/balances just
like us?
Our Kids 'Kant' Wait So Neither Can We!

C) An
article recently stated that our legal system has increasingly become
far more about profit than justice.
A google legal abuse site reported that divorce issues have become
the biggest money maker for the non-criminal (civil) legal system.
Wouldn't helping
stressed families help society? Regardless of the
topic, is stressing
loopholes & who can afford the most aggressive lawyer, etc,
etc.
healthy for our society? 1-2
decades ago it was reported that we litigated 10 TIMES more per
person than England. Read book, The Death of Common Sense, by lawyer, Philip. K. Howard..
D) In 2008 a retired judge (agrees system broken)
prepared a “guestimate” for me that in the NYCity area it cost
about $4500 to operate one courtroom for one day. THAT is taxpayer
expense! Some areas have been cutting hours courts are open, etc, etc. to
balance budgets. That only increases backlogs. How
about cutting loopholes?! Also, doesn't failure to sanction unfair judges tarnish many good ones?!
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