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I just finished a brief to the Supreme Court today. I know I have a snowball's chance in hell of getting their attention and any justice, but I've learned that our judicial system is generally full of corrupt, selfish people who put power before their duties to the people.

In Colorado we had a federal judge that was finally kicked off the bench for his antics which included using a penis pump to amuse himself while on the bench and fighting with a handicapped woman over his use of a handicapped space.

Here's an excerpt from an article about an Alabama judge and some insider views of the legal industry:

The Atlanta legal community might have been shocked that Camp was stupid enough to get caught engaging in criminal acts. And they might have been shocked at the nature of his acts. But I doubt if they were shocked that he would violate the law. Many of them probably have witnessed him violate the law inside the courtroom.

That leads us to the "rest of the story" about Jack T. Camp. Judges wear robes, and we call them "Your Honor" and rise when they enter a courtroom. But a fair number of them are seriously dysfunctional individuals. Thanks to lifetime appointments, some of them are so old that they have no business trying to handle the challenging duties of a federal judge; I personally have witnessed the actions of an 83-year-old federal judge in Birmingham who has shown signs that he does not have the temperament, patience, or mental acuity required by his job.

Quite a few judges are just sorry human beings. To take an oath that you will uphold the law and then knowingly and repeatedly violate it--as I've seen multiple state and federal judges do--requires a pretty disturbed mindset. But judges get away with it all the time, probably every day of the work week in the US of A.

Jack Camp's mistake is that he decided to screw around with a stripper, on her turf. He could have screwed around with parties in his courtroom and never been touched.

Here is a key point about judges: The law holds them to a high standard; they are to avoid the "appearance of impropriety." In real life, the justice system often does not enforce that standard. But that, in theory, is the standard judges are supposed to live up to.

Many judges, unfortunately, want to have their proverbial cake and eat it, too. They want all the perks that come with being a judge, but they also want to keep their social contacts, their business associations, and their prejudices. That's not how it's supposed to work--if the law is taken seriously.

http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2010/10/federal-judge-charged-with-buying-drugs.html