5 Articles

Saturday, September 26, 2009
The Misguided Prosecution of Judge Joan S. Benge
Federal prosecutors, in their zeal to uncover criminal misconduct at a Louisiana courthouse, used collateral evidence collected during an FBI investigation of one corrupt judge and applied it toward the dubious indictment of another judge who never was a target but whose discipline would help satisfy a racial imbalance created when a string of black judges were removed from the bench on truly serious charges.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The New Standard is "The Probability of Bias"
(1 comments) On June 8, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-to-4 decision that a state Supreme Court justice should have recused himself from a case because of campaign contributions he received from one of the parties.

Sunday, May 17, 2009
How the Supreme Court Chooses
The apparent purpose of the U.S. Supreme Court in considering the case of Caperton v. Massey Coal Co. is to provide publicity that can be used to undermine confidence in the democratic electoral process and further the goal of the legal establishment to fill judicial vacancies through appointments.

Sunday, November 16, 2008
The People of Georgia Should Reject Senator Saxby Chambliss
Voters in Georgia should not return Senator Saxby Chambliss to Washington because of his willingness to use despotic tactics in dealing with critics.

Saturday, April 5, 2008
Law Day 2008
The occasion of "Law Day" is used to examine why we need an independent inspector general to oversee complaints against federal judges.