"More Bad Judges"

Jack Newfield of The Nation has a piece about the Bush administration's latest crop of federal judicial nominees. Needless to say, he does not approve, concluding:

Bush is trying to transform America through lifetime judicial appointments for this biased batch and their clones. The bottom line is that the reckless Bushies are willing to violate computer privacy and vandalize the Bill of Rights to expedite this transformation. George W. Bush was appointed President by the Supreme Court after losing the popular vote by more than 500,000. Now he is trying to use the courts to legislate a mandate the voters never gave him by abusing the power of appointment and ignoring the Constitution's "advise and consent" clause.

You can read the whole thing here. (via How Appealing)

Comments

[Steven]

People have problems at home and people get divorced. Children get hurt. Then here comes the tyrant scum Weller with unchecked power ,the power to take your children, your money, your freedom,all he needs is an attorney to utter the right words so that he only hears one side of the story and ignores the truth and begins to circumvent the intent of law, use it to impose orders that you cant follow.Scum Weller refuses to view peoples true and actual financial situation at the time of his ruling.

[Steven]

People have problems at home and people get divorced. Children get hurt. Then here comes the tyrant scum Weller with unchecked power ,the power to take your children, your money, your freedom,all he needs is an attorney to utter the right words so that he only hears one side of the story and ignores the truth and begins to circumvent the intent of law, use it to impose orders that you cant follow.Scum Weller refuses to view peoples true and actual financial situation at the time of his ruling.

[Steven]

Go fuck your self fag, you and dont write things useing my name.

[truth]

Steven,why must you bring in lower nature like yourstick and your physical features here.Go to the courthouse, get on the files and findyour own evidence, and then stay with the facts.If your attitude remains so hostile, how canyou make a difference at all. People will justbrush by your actual meaning due to the way thatyour complaints are aimed. Just tell your storyabout the judge. If you have no story, or actualreal-life experience with someone that has hadalledged ill-experience, how can you post anything relevant. This is a site to report instances of potential abuse, not mud slinging.

The mack issue is about lack of control and usingviolence to accomplish and end. If he really loved his daughters, he would of not done what he did to them. He obviously was obsessive andcompulsive, which is a mental-illness. If his only reason that the issue was contributionsto Judge Weller, well, he could have looked tofind another lawyer whose firm donated more thanhis wife's attorney. Maybe the judge had reasonto find him not so good a dad in his overall behavior and ethics also. He had the money tospend, he could have gotten numerous attorney's to represent him. I think he went about destroying his families lives for other reasons,like indecent behavior, drugs, or things like that. He obviously probably was responsible forthe Harley Auction, so authorities would thinkthe attack was possbily from one of them.It is clear, he was going to destroy the judge,and if he thinks like that, Charla, probably hadthe same kind of treatment toward her. It has been reported that he didn't treat her very wellverbally and physically, and he definetly was trying to fiancially bankrupt her by his non-payment of the support, but the worst is that hehas no idea that support is based on decared income from the previous year. He really hada power and control trip going, blamed it on thejudge, whether he(Judge) was rude or not,was biased or not, or was acting in accordance to the law or not. It is clearthat he was consumed in his power and control trip, and like a deer-hunter, he was going tostop the Courts power and control trip set onhim, by the divorce court. This shows he had no mind to deal with the long-term. Does anyone know if he had a college degree? If he hadany schooling after 12th grade, it would be shocking.

[Sundown]

You've got some serious issues, Steven. I certainly hope I don't come across you out in public, nor want to meet the likes of you.

You need to get some counseling and soon.

As I said before, the pain and despair starts at home. Why don't you blame your selfish parents for your pain, and not a judge - whose job is to sort out all the shit these parents bring to him or any family court judge.

[Big_Daddy]

With all the BS,bias, and crap being talked about here there is one thing about the opinions of Judge Weller you can find here and on other "anonymous" forums. The press has stated that the judge was warned about a smear/hate campaign against in late January, early febuary, by Darren Mack. If you look the majority of negative posts, most started then and appeared to snowball from there. Was it a coincedence orcrap started by Mack and his friends that attracted attention of other people who felt the same way? But why now? This forum was around long before this happened. One problem with anonymous forums is the fact that information cannot be taken at face value because of morons, trolls, and outright retards as seen in many of the above posts, which make the posts suspect at best.

[Steven]

Big_Daddyyou are a troll. Go back to your cave.

[Big_Daddy]

See, it's people like Steven trolling that bring no credibility to this forum. We need serious posters, not flamebaiters. I like baiting too, but usually just masturbating...however I would never discuss my sexual life on here. I think is unprofessional, and would embarrass me anyways because I am lonely and never get any.

[Big_Daddy]

How can we report a poster that is masquerading as ourselves? Someone is posting as me, and I want to report him and have those posts deleted so they aren't attributed to me, since I'm actually on probation, and my PO wouldn't like seeing these things.

[wannabe lawyer]

truth,why do you care how much education he had? Are you an education snob? You think school makes you a know it all? I mean look at me, I'm probably the smartest one here and have aspirations of being a high profile trial attorney, and I'm only 16. Keep your ego in check, and don't act snobbish. Just because you might have graduated high school doesn't make you any better than those of who have not yet completed said institution.

[Sundown]

Wannabe, I graduated from high school. I have an education, and I know I'm smarter than you. It's called life experience. You see I'm old enough to be your mother.

[Big_Daddy]

"See, it's people like Steven trolling that bring no credibility to this forum. We need serious posters, not flamebaiters. I like baiting too, but usually just masturbating...however I would never discuss my sexual life on here. I think is unprofessional, and would embarrass me anyways because I am lonely and never get any.

Posted by Big_Daddy at June 17, 2006 09:50 AMHow can we report a poster that is masquerading as ourselves? Someone is posting as me, and I want to report him and have those posts deleted so they aren't attributed to me, since I'm actually on probation, and my PO wouldn't like seeing these things.

Posted by Big_Daddy at June 17, 2006 09:55 AM"

Steven, Thank you for proving my point. I know you find yourself enormously funny, but you are the perfect example of the type of moron I was talking about.

[Steven]

Big_Daddygrow up. Go hack some website or something.

[I figured it out]

I think Big_Daddy and Steven and wannabe lawyer are the same person. This forum has definitely deteriorated.

[George]

Good post Truth. Reading the stories on this site do make a person take a second look. I know I began to ask questions. However, just a little investigation usually indicates that there were other factors involved in a decision made by a judge, but we only get a one sided story and jump to conclusions - because we are human. While I'm sure that those of you who have been directly affected may feel that the judge or court was against you personally, that usually is not the case. Yes there are bad judges out there, but judges have to follow precedent and that might not always be what one wants. Think about it - a judge has many many cases on his docket and out of those cases there are several bad moms or dads. When you see abusive families come before your court on a daily basis, you tend to become a little skeptical. You also tend to pick up on the little clues that indicate an abusive family. So when a case comes to your courtroom and you see a few of those indicators of abuse, do you ignore it because there is a possibility that it isn't so? No, you take precaution to protect the children. Many of these family law cases never get to trial and settle out of court, so all of the evidence is not usually laid out on the table. Many of the stories I have heard or read indicate that the majority of these rulings and alleged mistreatments are at the beginning or middle of a case before all evidence is presented to the judge. A judge then makes his decision based upon what is actually in front of him (which often times isn’t much). Yes, many TPOs are bogus, but when they exist it is the responsible thing to recognize them. If a party can prove that the TPO was not legit, then they should appeal the decision and make a change. Don't go shooting people and taking lives. That certainly is not the answer. The Mack case is simply about money rather than any of the things I just spoke about. I don’t know Mack or his family, but as one person posted – and by Mack's actions I believe them to be telling the truth – Mack was a spoiled brat who didn’t get what he wanted. A person who claimed that he made as much money as Mack did is not going broke over a divorce case. Especially if they had $100,000 to spend on attorney's fees as indicated in one of the initial orders in Mack's case. You better believe he moved and hid money prior to his bankruptcy. He may be a spoiled brat, but he is not stupid with his money.

As for my LSAT post, my point was that you do not take the LSAT to become a lawyer; you take it to get into law school. I know people who have taken the LSAT, passed and didn't go to law school. I also know people who did go to law school, received their JD, but never took the State Bar Exam to become an attorney. So, you take the LSAT to get into to law school, but you take the Bar Exam to actually become an attorney. Baby steps. I just thought it was funny that FTJ was being so harsh and judgmental of Wannabe Lawyer, but wasn't exactly accurate in his sarcasm. I find everyone on this site to be interesting in their own right, but the insults and name calling are just juvenile (and funny at times).

[wannabe lawyer]

George, you are funny. Like "sorry I forgot to laugh funny," not haha funny.

It brings me pleasure to know our little simpleton minds amuse you.

I congratulate you, however, on being one of the few voices of reason here.

And now time for a serious confession:I am not who I say I am. I am an adult male in my late 20s. I have a masters degree. I am bored and thought it would be funny to get some of the more boisterous posters riled up...so that's what I did. I started with mimicking FUCK THE JUDGE because he was such an easy target, and obviously not the smartest guy in the world. All those later posts by "FUCK THE JUDGE," discussing dating and women...the posts that were actually insightful and entertaining and provocative and clever...those were by me.

I then used Steven's and Big_daddy's names, and maybe some others, but my big conquest was to defeat FUCK THE JUDGE. Sundown, the FUCK THE JUDGE you liked is actually me, not the real FUCK THE JUDGE, if that makes sense.

I also posted using made up aliases James Brumbaugh or Steve Q. or something like that.

Either way I'm glad I got to meet Sundown and Blondie since they seem like they might be hot.

I should also confess that all references to ASS CLOWN and being sexually abused by an "adult female orangutan" were all made by me. I thought they were funny. I now realize the substantial error of my ways, and deeply regret making those statements. We all know that ASS CLOWN is as ASS CLOWN does. For what it's worth, the real FUCK THE JUDGE, in real life may not be an ASS CLOWN, so real FTJ, sorry for slandering you if you are in fact not an ASS CLOWN.

I also made all the references to Brokeback mountain, because I just watched that movie and thought it was nothing short of soft gay porn. It was a horrible movie with unnecessary sex scenes. People only raved about it because it challenges society. Whoopty do. The movie sucked, and was, literally gay. In any case sorry for all the "Brokeback" references. I think everyone has a right to be gay or not gay as the case may be. I have no issues with homosexuals, except when they look at me like how a fat girl looks at a twinkie. When that happens, I want to cut off their balls. As for lesbians, I like them. A Lot. Okay, now that we've cleared up that, if anyone has any questions, I'll be happy to answer. I'll refrain from posting as other people from now on, so when FUCK THE JUDGE or Steven or Big_Daddy posts, you can be sure it is the real them.

So, no, I am not a 16 year old "aspiring trial attorney" with a huge ego! lol In fact, I hate lawyers and think 90%+ of them are crooked and probably deserve a non-life-threatening bullet to the toe or ear or what have you.

Sorry to anyone whose life I may have permanntly altered in conducting my little funhouse experiment.

Blondie and sundown I want to be your friend still since you are the only girls and seem nice. The guys I don't really care about. Sorry dudes.

And ps. Sundown, you are a dude to me. I call girls and guys "dude." Sorry to burst your bubble on that one dude.

[This place is pathetic]

Pathetic is as pathetic does.

[oversight]

nice post george; however, you may have a bit of naivetee about our judicial system. it often comes down to the character and integrity of the judge. there are some that send a marijuana user to jail for 10 yrs and others that let a 5 ft child rapist go because prison will be too tough (real cases). there is truly no easy manner to address a bad judge until multiple lives are affected. what if a judge is stupid but not evil? what if he is on some medications? or an alcoholic? or has childhood mommy/daddy issues to resolve through others lives?

my point is, george, that you seem to assume that our legal system will work well most of the time. maybe so, but impeaching or not reelecting those with erratic track records should be easier. if we find a way it could be applied to the high % of our bribed/drugged politicians also.

[George]

True, I may be naive about some things, but I work in family law and deal with the outcomes daily. I don't agree with all rulings (there are many ruling that are appalling), but I also don't believe that the problems all stem from one judge. There are so many other factors and people involved that it's just not right to pin an outcome on one person. The family court procedures and laws could be improved, but you can say the same thing for just about everything in this world. Someone is always going to think they are smarter or could do a better job. I think that's great. It keeps us all on our toes and certainly makes me strive to be a better person.

[oversight]

i get your point george. i have seen poor decisions by all the judges here but i am sure most of the time it works out. the big questions that come from this case regard whether or not judge weller is biased toward his financial supporters or is he against fathers. Id like to know the answers to those.

[DB]

Oh, most definitely, George.Not all the Washoe County Family Court problems stem from just one judge.Weller's just the one that the attention has been brought to for now.

[George]

I can't speak for all contributors, but I know of at least one firm that contributed to Judge Weller's campaign. That firm gets no special treatment! Believe me I've seen it first hand. I've seen what I thought to be good rulings and bad rulings. But what I think is right or wrong is not necessary what the law says is right or wrong. I've seen many rulings by Judge Weller which did not favor the client of the contributing firm. So at least in this scenario, the answer to your question is no, Judge Weller is not biased toward his financial supporters.

[DB]

Perhaps they simply were not the highest bidder...

[online]

Or, perhaps their client was the father of the children...

Lawyers can have their own personal agenda, and when it comes time to present their case, their actions can sway the way decisions are made. If the lawyer feels that his client does not have the children's best interest at heart, he stills takes the case anyway. After all, this is how he makes his living. If lawyers only took cases they agreed with, who would take the undesirable cases? However, if the lawyer is behind the client 100%, then he may call in 'favors' if he/she has been a contributor to a specific judges campaign. Most lawyers are friendly with other lawyers outside the courtroom. They are usually only adversarial in the courtroom. How a case will be presented can be determined outside the courtroom as lawyers quite often believe they know better than their client.

Family law court is not criminal court. The laws that govern them are there for guidance mostly, as Judges often make what are called discretionary decisions. Yes, these decisions can be appealed, but it takes time and most of all... MONEY. But as long as you are willing to pay for it, it can be done. Back to the lawyer, if you decide to appeal a decision, then he gets more income.

There has to be a better way. What it is, I have no clue.

[DB]

online-

There must be a way that Family Court would not have to be adversarial. A way that would diminish the animosity. This would be in the child's best interest.

But then, what would the lawyers do?