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Beth Ann Fitzgerald's avatar

The corruption in the SCOTUS is frightening.

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A number of years ago I was voted in as a Town/Village justice…long story…The training was intense, informative and fascinating. As an aside…the only two branches of the judiciary that do not require a law degree are some state’s Town/Village courts and, you guessed it,

The US Supreme Court. Not that being a lawyer makes you a better judge- studies showed that lawyer judges were censured as much as non-layer judges. At training sessions, I was appalled at the lack of decorum from some attendees, mostly the Lawyers who sat in the back, talked amongst themselves and obviously resented being forced to sit through session they obviously felt they should have been exempt from attending.

As T&V judges we was told, very bluntly, that any actions or activity that might even hint at impropriety was to be vetted/approved by a supervising Justice. The local DA wanted to take me out to lunch…I had to decline. I was told I shouldn’t perform with the local community theater cause my name would appear in the playbill and people might feel compelled to attend. Though approval was given to judges playing on local softball teams - even though their names were emblazoned on the backs of their jerseys. But I digress, shame on the Supreme Court, shame on Congress for not imposing even rudimentary rules of ethics on the Supreme Court! Let us remember though, that when Congress makes laws for us they usually exempts themselves.

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