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Federal Judge Recommends Criminal Charges for Lawyers Who Questioned His Impartiality
Judge McBrydeFederal Judge Recommends Criminal Charges for Lawyers Who Questioned His Impartiality
ABA Journal Law News Now
By Debra Cassens Weiss
January 11, 2011
U.S. District Judge John McBryde of Fort Worth, Texas, has sanctioned three lawyers and recommended criminal charges against two of them for motions questioning his integrity in litigation over golf
club patents.
McBryde said the plaintiff in the litigation, John Gillig, had used comments the judge had "jokingly" made about contingency fees to support a "fictitious scenario" of bias, according to his 114-page
opinion (PDF) issued Jan. 5. McBryde imposed sanctions, even though he could have asked another judge to rule on the issue, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. Read more here
Federal Judge Busted with Stripper, Drugs and Guns
Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, November 19, 2010
WASHINGTON – Senior U.S. District Judge Jack T. Camp Jr., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Atlanta to possession of controlled substances and conversion of government property, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Lamkin of the FBI’s Atlanta office and Director Vernon Keenan of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Jack CampCamp, 67, a Senior U.S. District Judge in the Northern District of Georgia, pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful possession of controlled substances and one count of conversion of government property. Camp’s guilty plea was accepted by Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas J. Hogan for the District of Columbia, who was sitting by designation in the Northern District of Georgia.
Sentencing has been scheduled for March 4, 2011, at 11:00 a.m.
As part of his guilty plea, Camp admitted that between May 2010 and Oct. 1, 2010, he unlawfully possessed and used cocaine, marijuana and Roxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance. Camp also admitted to giving an individual, whom he knew had a prior felony drug conviction, money to purchase cocaine, Roxycodone and marijuana. Camp admitted that he unlawfully gave the individual a U.S. District Court laptop computer for her personal use. Camp was arrested on Oct. 1, 2010, after attempting to purchase drugs from an undercover FBI agent posing as a drug dealer.
The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorneys Deborah Sue Mayer and Tracee Joy Plowell of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity
Section. The case was investigated by the FBI Atlanta’s Public Corruption Squad. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation provided substantial assistance in this case. 10-1328 Criminal Division. Read more here on the DOJ website
Bill Moyers Journal: Justice For Sale
Bill MoyersBill Moyers Journal: Justice For Sale
How would you feel if you were in court and knew that the opposing lawyer had contributed money to the judge's campaign fund? This is not an improbable hypothetical
question, but could be a commonplace occurrence in the 21 states where judges must raise money to campaign for their seats — often from people with business before the court.
Though many states have elected judges since their founding, in the past 30 years, judicial elections have morphed from low-key affairs to big money campaigns. From 1999-2008, judicial candidates
raised $200.04 million, more than double the $85.4 million raised in the previous decade (1989-1998).
Because of the costs of running such a campaign, critics contend that judges have had to become politicians and fundraisers rather than jurists. In a poll by Justice at Stake, 97% of elected state
Supreme Court justices said they were under pressure to raise money during their election years.
Bill Moyers, Justice For Sale (part 1). Watch on YouTube
"We are in a system where [judicial] elections can be bought"
February 19, 2010 - Bill Moyers Journal takes a hard look at how campaign cash in judicial races may sway America's courts. The Journal revisits the 1999 FRONTLINE
special "Justice for Sale" which looked at the growing concern - even among Supreme Court justices themselves - that campaign contributions may be corrupting the judicial process.
Bill Moyers, Justice For Sale (part 2). Watch on
YouTube
February 19, 2010 - Bill Moyers Journal takes a hard look at how campaign cash in judicial races may sway America's courts. The Journal revisits the 1999 FRONTLINE special "Justice for Sale" which looked at the growing concern - even among Supreme Court justices themselves - that campaign contributions may be corrupting the judicial process.
Citizens for Judicial Accountability
CJA goes beyond the facade
To show you the denial of fundamental rights by judges and lawyers who place themselves not only above the law, but beyond the law, with actual cases of individuals, stories of lawyers and judges who
failed to conform, and with reports issued by courts and by organizations, demonstrating an urgent need for judicial reform in the civil justice system, that operates as an independent branch of
government is wholly unaccountable, is broken, is totally unregulated, can be unjust and unfair and can ruin you.
Hillsborough Circuit Judge Gregory P. Holder
Judge HolderGregory Holder was elected county judge in 1994. In 1996 Judge
Holder was elected Circuit Judge for Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Hillsborough County, Florida. His latest assignment was in the family law division. Judge Holder has a reputation for speaking his
mind and for being extremely open with the press. He has the attitude that the entire justice system belongs to the people, that there should be nothing to hide and that the public should know what
is going on. Judge Holder refused to be drawn into "inside politics" by dishonest Hillsborough judges. Judge Holder was bent on rooting out and ridding the court system of corruption. Read more here.
Read the grand jury presentment
Grand Jury Finds Judges Had Sex in Hillsborough Court
Presentment finds scandal, still no indictment
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Report: Web of scandal at Hillsborough courthouse
Records describe accusations of sexual
affairs and secret safe deposit boxes
By CHRISTOPHER GOFFARD and JEFF TESTERMAN
St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA -- A months-long inquiry into the Hillsborough County courthouse has found accusations ranging from sexual affairs in a judge's chambers to death threats and secret safe deposit boxes. Read more here, and support the St. Petersburg Times
Judge Holder Seeks $1.92 Million Defending Self
Judge
seeks $1.92-million in costs defending self
By CANDACE RONDEAUX, St. Petersburg Times, Published July 26, 2005
Judge Holder Awarded $70,000 by FL Supreme Court
Tampa judge to be reimbursed $70,000
in plagiarism case
By TOM BRENNAN, The Tampa Tribune
September 25, 2009
A Most Disorderly Court
A Most Disorderly Court: Scandal and Reform in the Florida Judiciary
by Martin Dyckman
In the 1970s, justices on the Florida Supreme Court were popularly elected. But a number of scandals threatened to topple the court until public outrage led to profound reforms and fundamental changes in the way justices were seated.
"This is a fascinating account of a sordid chapter in the history of the Florida Supreme Court. It reads more like a novel than a history book; the story is engagingly told and beautifully written." - Ann Piccard, Stetson University "A nice snapshot of a moment in Florida's history that provides a glimpse of how business and power can corrupt a legal system anywhere." - Elizabeth Dale, University of Florida"
National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project
National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project, Inc.
Nearly three decades ago, Congress enacted what is now Title 28 U.S.C. §351 et seq., the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act, by which anyone can file a complaint
against a federal judge, charging him or her with misconduct or a disability impeding the judge's job performance. The statute is one component of a larger self-policing scheme for local, state and
federal judges that apparent consensus deems ineffective. National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project, Inc. (NJCDLP) was accordingly created to help regulate America's judiciary by duly
increasing its exposure to professional discipline, civil damages awards, and/or criminal prosecution for the knowing participation of judges in abuse of the American legal system. Read more here
Judicial Watch is an organization that describes itself as "a conservative, non-partisan American educational foundation that promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law." According to its mission statement, Judicial Watch "advocates high standards of ethics and morality in America's public life and seeks to ensure that political and judicial officials do not abuse the powers entrusted to them by the American people." In 2010 Judicial Watch released their list of "Washington's ten Most Corrupt Politicians." The list included Rep. Barney Frank, and President Barack Obama.
WHORES: Why and How I Came to Fight the Establishment
Larry Klayman, Esq., founder and former chairman of the successful non-profit foundations Judicial Watch and of Freedom Watch, has dedicated his career to fighting against injustice and restoring
ethics to the legal profession and government. He has brought lawsuits against Bill and Hillary Clinton, Dick Cheney, Hugo Chavez and OPEC, among others.
Larry Elliot Klayman is a member in good standing of the Florida Bar, ID number 246220, admitted December 7, 1977, with no discipline history for the past 10 years.
Larry Klayman
"Our legal system has frankly broken down, it has become a cesspool"
"Judges not making decisions on the merits, but on the basis of feathering the nests of those who got them their jobs"
"Lawyers who don’t tell the truth"
Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch founder, Larry Klayman describes his efforts to stem abuses in the judiciary and executive branches of our government. He details his
legal battles with President and First Lady Bill and Hillary Clinton (Chinagate and Filegate), Vice President Dick Cheney (secret energy commission meetings), and the Bush administration over illegal
wiretapping of American citizens. His portraits of the likes of Janet Reno, Fred Thompson, Arlen Spector, Judge Denny Chin (who recently presided over the Madoff trial) and other Clinton insiders
Klayman considers unethical, and who have come back to power in the Obama administration, reveal not always flattering sides of their well-cultivated images. Klayman also has choice words to say
about media figures such as Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and Paula Zahn, and he accuses media mogul Rupert Murdoch of sandbagging the original publication of WHORES by HarperCollins because of the
book's negative portrait of Roger Ailes and Fox News. Above all, WHORES is an impassioned plea for reform of our judicial system with a number of provocative suggestions.
Suing Judges: A Study of Judicial Immunity
Suing Judges: A Study of Judicial
Immunity, by Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku
"A straightforward comparative case law study of the liability at law of judges and other judicial actors for their acts and statements
during the judicial process. This is an issue critical for the vital concept of an independent judiciary, a pillar of the U.S. system....Simply written and clearly organized."--Choice
When a person is injured by the act of someone else one response is to seek redress in the courts. When the person to be sued happens to be a judge, a number of potentially insurmountable obstacles
often appear. This book presents an in-depth study of the substantive, procedural and theoretical issues that arise when a judge is sued. Drawn mainly from English and American Federal case law, the
study also incorporates Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand case law.
How to Bring Justice to Judges
How to Bring Justice to Judges, article by Bob Hurt
This article examines lessons from the book Suing Judges, and propounds explanations of the difficulty of obtaining justice in the face of judicial immunity against
lawsuits for injuries jurists cause.
How to Bring Justice to Judges.pdf
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Lawman.com For people wanting to improve honesty and righteousness in government, or needing remedy
or relief from suffering or abuse caused by corrupt or incompetent government employees or officials.
Are Florida's Judges For Real?
Are Florida's Judges For Real?
The Liberty Sentinel of Florida
by PAUL SYMONS
From: VOLUME 2, ISSUE 4
Jack Thompson says Florida judges were not legally eligible to hold office, citing a criminal violation involving loyalty oaths required by the state and U.S. Constitutions.
Note: John Bruce "Jack" Thompson was permanently disbarred September 28, 2008.
The Florida Bar v. John B. Thompson, Permanent Disbarment, September 28, 2008
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The Florida Bar v. John B. Thompson, Public Reprimand, October 1, 1992
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Under Florida law campaign contributions by a lawyer to a judge before whom the lawyer appears are not considered bribes.
Special interests funnel $6 million to Florida lawmakers
Special interests funnel $6 million to Florida lawmakers
By Steve Bousquet, Breanne Gilpatrick, Alex Leary, Marc Caputo and Mary Ellen Klas, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
March 15, 2009
TALLAHASSEE — In the latest election cycle, dozens of Florida legislators raked in $6 million in special-interest campaign money and spent a good deal of it on
themselves for meals, rental cars, plane trips and hotels.
Some lawmakers are feeding at the trough of contributors, enjoying expensive dinners at upscale restaurants with donors' money at a time when one of every 10 Floridians is on food stamps. Others are
churning cash from one political committee to another, using it to finance direct contributions and attack ads for other candidates, thereby strengthening their own clout in a virtually untraceable
shell game.
All of this is legal. Florida law bans legislators from accepting so much as a cup of coffee from a lobbyist, and individual campaign contributions are limited to $500.
But there is no limit on the amount of cash lawmakers can collect from all manner of special interests in separate fundraising committees the lawmakers create to advance broadly defined public
purposes, such as getting one another re-elected.
"If I do it over coffee, I have to pay for my own coffee, but I can accept a $10,000 check,'' said Sen. Dave Aronberg, a Democrat from Greenacres who has used political committees to recruit
candidates and steer money to several Democratic legislative campaigns. Read more here
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Mark A. Adams JD/MBA Speaks at Judicial Reform Conference at Rice University
Speech titled "No Justice, No Peace" given by Mark A. Adams, Esquire JD/MBA at the National Judicial Reform Conference at Rice University in Houston, Texas on August 11, 2007.
Confidential Judicial Feedback
Confidential Judicial Feedback
This Confidential Judicial Feedback advertisement appeared May 15, 2010 in The Florida Bar News. The ad proclaims "How will judges know how you judge their
performance in court if you don’t tell them? Here’s your chance…Go to… www.flabar.org/judicialfeedback It’s simple! All you need
is your Bar number and password to communicate to the judges you appeared before.
The public, and pro se nonlawyer litigants, cannot submit confidential judicial feedback. This gives members of The Florida Bar substantial influence over the judiciary. This is in addition to the
usual influence lawyers already have over the judiciary, such as domination of the Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC), campaign contributions, and the formation committees in support or opposition
of judicial candidates.
The Confidential Judicial Feedback appears little more than an attempt by lawyers for undue influence over the judiciary. Its bad enough that judges are elected in Florida. This defacto job
evaluation is beyond the pale.
The Judicial Administration and Evaluation Committee of The Florida Bar has responsibility for the feedback program. The stated goal is to provide a confidential means by which attorney members of The Florida Bar can communicate with appellate or trial court judges concerning their perceived specific strengths and weaknesses. Providing judges with confidential feedback, assists them with self-assessment and self-improvement. The voluntary, confidential feedback program for trial and appellate court judges began January 1, 1998. Read more here
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