Sunday, June 16, 2013

Is the Judicial Conduct Board of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Ready to Protect the People?

 

Several months ago an email was sent requesting that Pennsylvania court litigants  who had filed complaints with the JCB  but had them dismissed- provide either letters or sign an attached petition  to the JCB and to the Pennsylvania State Legislature.  Very few responded but this update  is for all of you in the State of PA to know that there was some success to this effort..


Although we had petitioned for an open forum with the JCB and member of the legislature attending, they could not provide that option at this time.  However, on June 7th, 2013, one person, the author,  was given the unusual, but very much appreciated opportunity to address three members of the JCB at their office in Harrisburg. The three members were the Chief Counsel Robert Graci, Superior Court Judge Ann Lazarus and a non-attorney member who is a former attorney- Mr. McLaughlin.  I was accompanied by Andy Ostrowski of the Pennsylvania Civil Rights Law Network , a civil rights lawyer and advocate, with whom the Chief Counsel was familiar, but who was not allowed to address the Board members.

I was given a generous amount of time to present my cases, up to an hour and fifteen minutes, but wrapped it up in only 45 minutes.  While I did most of the talking, and the Board members declined to say much of anything, I did come away feeling I had enlightened them to the public discontent with the entire judicial system in Pennsylvania.  One comment by a Board member that I want to address was a very much expected one, and was made by Superior Court Judge Ann Lazarus. 
 
 She expressed her concern that I did not understand the authority and powers of the JCB.  The problem for the JCB is that we do understand, and I was very vocal in letting them know that the real problem is that they are not utilizing these powers to protect the public.  Instead, I stated that they are not doing their jobs, and that they have let the public down. The authority and powers invested in the JCB are being concealed  through intentionally distorted, self-serving interpretations and misrepresentations of  laws,  by the collective conscious of the indoctrinated members of the  state and county bar associations.

I want to assure all of you that I was adamant that they contact each of you who signed a petition,  which were sitting on the table in front of them during my meeting.  I focused my diatribe not just on my own cases, but on the severe problems with the judicial process e.g. racketeering by protracting of cases to bleed assets, guardian ad litem and CPS scams, etc.  I  held back nothing and spoke to them candidly letting them know that they are directly responsible for the destruction of many families and lives- both economically and emotionally, because of their inaction and negligence.  I asked them if their children got to go to college- because that was stolen from my children by the courts; I asked them if they were enjoying their fancy houses and cars- things that were stolen from me, and from many people whom I have met over these last few years, trying to bring attention to the fact that this branch of government has been infiltrated by organized crime.

One very positive result is that they invited me to resubmit my complaints against two judges- from 2009 and 2010.  I am working on revising them,  and hope to resubmit them early this week.  I will keep you updated on the outcome.  I am attaching two documents for you to read.  One is the 2011 recommendations of Pennsylvania for Modern Courts with which the Board has not complied; and the other is their internal operating procedures. It would be useful to you to familiarize yourself with these and with the Canons of Judicial Conduct, if you have not already, as the goal here is to have all of you receive a review of complaints that you previously had dismissed by the JCB, and for them to agree to an open public forum, with member of the state legislature.