What are some major criticisms of judges? How can bad judges be removed?

Answer 1

The major criticism of judges is that many of them appointed by Clinton are not there to act as judges but rather to promote communism.

Case in point:

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=24060

Bank robbery is a SERIOUS crime for which it is usual to get 20 years to life for. This guy got 60 days. The ONLY reason he got 60 days is he was a hard core communist and the judge was a collaborator with him.

This is one of the many reasons it is so important not to vote democrat. Every time a democrat gets in office he bends important institutions away from their purpose and makes them serve communism. It's ridiculous in how blatant it is. In contrast, republicans put people on the bench who are there to be good judges in a completely neutral, non-partisan sense. Since most of these people are elected for life, you can only get rid of them through attrition and not allowing them to be replaced with similar jackasses.

If anything, the democrats are FAR worse today than they were under Clinton. At least they pretended back then to be moderates. Today, they wage an internal jihad against people like Lieberman who show even the slightest hint of not being a far left liberal wacko. This could be very bad should they get in in '08. However, I think that is very unlikely. Most people in the US are moderates and they see the out in the open radicalization of the dems.

Answer 2

There are three major criticisms of judges. Two are valid.

The first is that many judges (just like many other elected or appointed officials) are corrupt. They don't do their jobs, and don't apply the law. They just hand out judgments based on either their own private agendas, or who pays them the most.

The second is that many judges are incompetent. They really don't understand some complex legal issues, and don't have the wisdom to recuse themselves when a case is more complex than they can follow. I've run into a couple examples of this set, who make rulings based on which lawyer is more believable, because they can't follow the legal arguments being raised.

In both of these cases, they can be removed by impeachment (for federal judges) or disbarred by their state bar associations for violating their ethical duties. Many (at the state/county level) can also be voted out of office.

The third category are the so called "activist judges". But if you look at all the claims against that set, the only consistent argument is that the judge ruled against the person making the claim. Being a judge means making laws. That's the way the legal system has worked for centuries. But if a judge rules in a way the other side doesn't like, suddenly she's an activist.

There's no solution for that third category, because judges will also end up making rulings that people don't like. In fact, roughly half the people in front of a judge will lose, and most of them will be upset. That's precisely why we have an appellate court system.

So, unless a judge is actually objectively incompetent or corrupt, people should let the do their jobs and stop being sore losers.

Answer 3

Most judges are voted into office. State or federal Supreme court judges are voted in by the house and senates. To remove one is pretty hard. Local judges are usually voted in at election. If you want a local judge gone, vote them out. For a federal judge it is extremely difficult unless they are found guilty of a crime.

Answer 4

Most states have overseer groups similar to Ca.'s Committee on Judicial Qualifications which review complaints of a Judges malfeasance or nonfeasance. They mete out punishment ranging from no basis for complaint to removal from office.

Answer 5

because people don't know their situation every body making errors in their lifes and then we don't make same mistake put yourself in the shoes and see how you gonna do it and i will judge you there is only one disadvantage they can't go to the kingdom of heaven to removed you have to wright to higher authorities and have pettitions sign so it is very strong evidence to remove some one