Mr. Judge, Take Down Those Portraits-By Harsha Sankar
Dear Citizen, July 2005
The display of a portrait of any judge in the courtroom is condescendingly and patronizing insulting to the supposed owners of the judicial branch, the People. One does not see pictures or paintings of average individual citizens in the courts. So why should bar association attorneys be allowed to post immaculate portraits of fellow bar association members? When the bar association praises one of their own for impartiality, it usually means their hand-picked judge was partial to them.
Dual loyalties should not be tolerated. The judge should not have the status of “Superior Citizen”. Judges should consider it a privilege to serve their fellow citizens by applying their laws in accordance to the American Constitution. That is why judges and any other public servant should not be addressed as “Your Honor”. The judiciary is supposed to be a passive branch of government. Just like a sporting contest, very few know or even care who the umpire or referees are. A referee’s job is to apply the rules with such uniformity and consistency that no cares about their identities. Yet the display of any individual symbolizes, in a public institution that relies on force, the dangerous “cult of personalities”. This is a sure-fire sign of dictatorial despotism witnessed in the former Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, and Baathist Iraq and still is prevalent in many other nations.The only items that should be on display is the Declaration of Independence, the American Constitution, and the state constitution. People should stand in respect to these documents only. Absolutely no one should be above this system of law. A charge should be issued universally " Mr. Judge, Take Down Those Pictures!"
The following are issues relating to the judiciary that must be given due consideration.
1. Legal fees need to be reviewed, controlled, and made public.
2. Only non-lawyers should be eligible for judgeship, public defender, and prosecutorial positions. If one desires citizen government, then law should be made and applied by the citizens. This should not be restricted to the Bar. The interests of judicial advocates in public office will obviously conflict with that of the People who want firm rule of representative law for all at all times.
3. Abolish the supreme court rules and replace it with a format created by a non-lawyer legislature that can easily be understood.
4 .State judges in reality serve lifetime positions. Again this is an acute symptom of kingship and totalitarianism.All judges should be subject to reconfirmation based solely on how they officiate from the bench.
Cloaked with a velvet glove, the legal profession, with co-operation, rules with an iron fist.
Pride, dignity, and self-respect has given way to hedonism,materialism, and legal theft.
Very Truly Yours,
Harsha Sankar
908 Valley Ridge Road
Covington, Virginia 24426
The display of a portrait of any judge in the courtroom is condescendingly and patronizing insulting to the supposed owners of the judicial branch, the People. One does not see pictures or paintings of average individual citizens in the courts. So why should bar association attorneys be allowed to post immaculate portraits of fellow bar association members? When the bar association praises one of their own for impartiality, it usually means their hand-picked judge was partial to them.
Dual loyalties should not be tolerated. The judge should not have the status of “Superior Citizen”. Judges should consider it a privilege to serve their fellow citizens by applying their laws in accordance to the American Constitution. That is why judges and any other public servant should not be addressed as “Your Honor”. The judiciary is supposed to be a passive branch of government. Just like a sporting contest, very few know or even care who the umpire or referees are. A referee’s job is to apply the rules with such uniformity and consistency that no cares about their identities. Yet the display of any individual symbolizes, in a public institution that relies on force, the dangerous “cult of personalities”. This is a sure-fire sign of dictatorial despotism witnessed in the former Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, and Baathist Iraq and still is prevalent in many other nations.The only items that should be on display is the Declaration of Independence, the American Constitution, and the state constitution. People should stand in respect to these documents only. Absolutely no one should be above this system of law. A charge should be issued universally " Mr. Judge, Take Down Those Pictures!"
The following are issues relating to the judiciary that must be given due consideration.
1. Legal fees need to be reviewed, controlled, and made public.
2. Only non-lawyers should be eligible for judgeship, public defender, and prosecutorial positions. If one desires citizen government, then law should be made and applied by the citizens. This should not be restricted to the Bar. The interests of judicial advocates in public office will obviously conflict with that of the People who want firm rule of representative law for all at all times.
3. Abolish the supreme court rules and replace it with a format created by a non-lawyer legislature that can easily be understood.
4 .State judges in reality serve lifetime positions. Again this is an acute symptom of kingship and totalitarianism.All judges should be subject to reconfirmation based solely on how they officiate from the bench.
Cloaked with a velvet glove, the legal profession, with co-operation, rules with an iron fist.
Pride, dignity, and self-respect has given way to hedonism,materialism, and legal theft.
Very Truly Yours,
Harsha Sankar
908 Valley Ridge Road
Covington, Virginia 24426
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