Pariah Politician To Judicial Tyrant- Part Two ( A Harsha Sankar Article)

Dear Editor,                                        October 2019

This is the second and final part of "Pariah Politician To Judicial Tyrant."

         

This certain judge from a Southern state  was enamored with the unbridled power of "judicial hacktivism", especially in criminal cases. He would substitute his biases and would openly acknowledge that it affected his "rulings". He certainly should have been perceived as subjective, arbitrary, and disproportionately heavy handed.

Moreover, he has an erroneous and dangerous philosophy that judges should mediate and serve as public participants. Nothing can be further from what the U.S. Constitution and what common sense natural law state. Judges are like referees and umpires who officiate. They are supposed to be totally detached, neutral, impartial, and have absolutely no stake in the litigants' matters. They are supposed to hear the cases presented and then apply the relevant law in a very cold manner. Judges also do not resolve disputes in civil cases to their whim and fancy. They merely adjudge it according to the written law.

Not only was he abusive as a legislator and judge, he was also very ignorant and so is a certain elected official. They both do not understand "mental health" and that makes them dangerous. Too often people equate sociopathic, psychopathic and deviant behavioral, character, personality, and psychological defects with "mental illness". That simply is not the case.

While poverty breeds crime, people in poverty should not be treated as criminals. Yet both their sentiments are in conflict with this analogy. I have spoken to him personally on "mental health" issues. He honestly believes that "mental health issues" can and should be used to increase punishment/punitive damages and increase the level of intent of an individual's act of crime or liability. Obviously only the reverse is true. There is an attorney in that Southern state who would be able to educate them properly on these issues since no one is willing to listen to me on this.

                                                     

                                                                               Very Truly Yours,

                                                                                 Harsha Sankar
                                                                                 908 Valley Ridge Road
                                                                                 Covington, Virginia