Offering common sense solutions for judicial discipline
How to file a complaint of judicial misconduct
Step 2: Learn some history
(This text from Step 2 of "You be the Judge!")
You need a brief history lesson about the law behind the complaint process for two reasons. First, so you know your rights so you can stand firm when challenged. Second, because you're going to have to educate judges about the law. (That, in reality, is what lawyers do.) Unlike most legal stuff, it's refreshing to read the letters of this law. By doing so, you'll know the motivation behind them - the spirit of the law.
In a surprising fit of clarity and common sense, Congress gave us a fairly good law concerning oversight of judges. If you want to read it for yourself, here's the link:
www.theorator.com/bills107/hr3892.html
It's said there are two things you should never watch: how sausage is made and how a law is made. If you read the link just mentioned, you'll see the process wasn't pretty. Although Congress called experts to testify, it never garnered testimony from anyone who'd actually filed a complaint of judicial misconduct! Mostly, it was a rubber stamp committee. So it could have been better, but somehow the result is palatable.
Better late than never: a day after this bill came out of committee, the chairman of that committee filed a complaint against a judge! I'll tell you how it turned out later. Stay tuned!
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