Mashak Commentary_MN Justice Gildea

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Our Minnesota "Justice" System and the Gildea Article

Commentary

This Commentary in Response to

New Minnesota chief justice says court funding is concern

Chief Justice Gildea says she is concerned about more funding for the judiciary - primarily to pay judges - and about judge elections. She does not mention making justice affordable for Minnesotans. It costs over $400 just to file a lawsuit, or defend one, plus $100 for each motion or answer to a motion. Depositions cost thousands of dollars. The cost of litigation is out-of-sight - only a very few can afford a lawsuit. Lawyers are outrageously expensive. Over half the people in court represent themselves, they cannot afford a lawyer. They are bewildered and confused by complex rules. They do not get justice, they are railroaded by arrogant and insensitive judges, accountable to no one, and skillful lawyers and prosecutors whose only goals are to "win", and to make money. "Experts" chosen by judges earn huge fees for advice on how to parent kids and who gets to see them. Public defenders are not available except to the very poor who prove they are indigent, and then only for an average of 15 minutes per client - barely enough time to arrange for a plea bargain, guilty or not. Under a rule they issued, for their benefit only, Minnesota’s judges can take $150 tips ("gifts") from lawyers, special interests, anyone. They take these "gifts" in secret, without telling anyone. They can take as many of these gifts as they want - there is no limit. You can see this rule for yourself - it’s on the internet. Enter "Minnesota Code of Judicial Conduct" and click on "Read the full Code of Judicial Conduct." Scroll to Canon 4. Then go to paragraph D(5). Paragraph (5) states what a judge cannot accept, and then says: "except for" and refers to subparagraph (h). It should be illegal for judges to take tips as it is for all other government people .

But Chief Justice Gildea is not concerned about the cost of justice, or making it affordable. She did not even mention the ASD plan, a judge-created plan that judges say will save millions of dollars each year and bring our justice system into the 21^st century. Rather, her primary concern is to keep judges under the control of the power elite and out of the control of the people.

WE THE PEOPLE should help all candidates in contested judge elections. Specifically, there are 110 judge elections scheduled for this November of which 15 are contested (listed in footnote 1 below). You should contact each of them and ask them if they share our positions, and promote or detract from them as appropriate.




Footnote 1

Candidates Search Results State Offices ASSOCIATE JUSTICE - SUPREME COURT 2 Candidate Name Party Website File Date HELEN MEYER Nonpartisan www.helenmeyer.org 5/18/2010 GREG WERSAL Nonpartisan Wersalforjustice.com 5/27/2010 ASSOCIATE JUSTICE - SUPREME COURT 5 Candidate Name Party Website File Date CHRISTOPHER DIETZEN Nonpartisan www.justicedietzen.org 5/18/2010 ASSOCIATE JUSTICE - SUPREME COURT 6 Candidate Name Party Website File Date ALAN C. PAGE Nonpartisan alanpageforjustice.org 5/18/2010 TIM TINGELSTAD Nonpartisan highesthill.com 5/21/2010 JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 2 Candidate Name Party Website File Date NATALIE E. HUDSON Nonpartisan www.judgenataliehudson.org 5/18/2010 JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 3 Candidate Name Party Website File Date DAVID MINGE Nonpartisan www.minge.org 5/18/2010 JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 4 Candidate Name Party Website File Date WILHELMINA (MIMI) WRIGHT Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 5 Candidate Name Party Website File Date LOUISE DOVRE BJORKMAN Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 11 Candidate Name Party Website File Date MICHELLE A. LARKIN Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 13 Candidate Name Party Website File Date ROXANN KLUGMAN Nonpartisan 6/1/2010 RANDOLPH W. PETERSON Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 14 Candidate Name Party Website File Date DAN GRIFFITH Nonpartisan www.griffithforjudge.com 5/21/2010 LARRY STAUBER JR. Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 17 Candidate Name Party Website File Date MATTHEW E. JOHNSON Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 18 Candidate Name Party Website File Date HEIDI SCHELLHAS Nonpartisan www.judgeheidischellhas.com 5/18/2010 JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 19 Candidate Name Party Website File Date FRANCIS CONNOLLY Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 3 Candidate Name Party Website File Date THOMAS POCH Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 4 Candidate Name Party Website File Date MICHAEL BAXTER Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 7 Candidate Name Party Website File Date TIMOTHY J. MCMANUS Nonpartisan 5/19/2010 JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 8 Candidate Name Party Website File Date STEPHEN ALLAN BAKER Nonpartisan bakerforjudge2010.com 5/19/2010 TIMOTHY L. BLAKELY Nonpartisan JudgeBlakely.com 5/18/2010 LARRY CLARK Nonpartisan www.electlarryclark.org 5/18/2010 JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 9 Candidate Name Party Website File Date MARTHA M. SIMONETT Nonpartisan 5/20/2010 JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 11 Candidate Name Party Website File Date REX D. STACEY Nonpartisan 5/21/2010 JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 12 Candidate Name Party Website File Date PHILIP KANNING Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 23 Candidate Name Party Website File Date RICHARD G. SPICER Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 24 Candidate Name Party Website File Date PATRICE K SUTHERLAND Nonpartisan 5/19/2010 JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 25 Candidate Name Party Website File Date CAROLINE H. LENNON Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 33 Candidate Name Party Website File Date KEVIN F MARK Nonpartisan 5/20/2010 JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 34 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JANET CAIN Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 35 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JEROME B. ABRAMS Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 36 Candidate Name Party Website File Date TIM D. WERMAGER Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 1 Candidate Name Party Website File Date EDWARD J. CLEARY Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 3 Candidate Name Party Website File Date GEORGE T. STEPHENSON Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 4 Candidate Name Party Website File Date ROSANNE NATHANSON Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 8 Candidate Name Party Website File Date STEVEN D. WHEELER Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 9 Candidate Name Party Website File Date PAULETTE KANE FLYNN Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 10 Candidate Name Party Website File Date KATHLEEN GEARIN Nonpartisan 5/19/2010 JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 13 Candidate Name Party Website File Date MARYBETH DORN Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 16 Candidate Name Party Website File Date GLORIA E. BOGEN Nonpartisan GloriaBogen4Judge.com 5/25/2010 JOHN G. DILLON Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 GREG M. GAFFANEY Nonpartisan 5/28/2010 MARK IRELAND Nonpartisan www.voteireland.com 5/18/2010 STEPHEN C. KELLY Nonpartisan 6/1/2010 ED MATTHEWS Nonpartisan www.edforjudge.com 5/21/2010 TREVOR STEWART OLIVER Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 TOM PLUNKETT Nonpartisan www.tomplunkett.com 6/1/2010 MATTHEW LAWSON THORNTON Nonpartisan http://thorntonforjudge.com 6/1/2010 JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 18 Candidate Name Party Website File Date DAVID C. HIGGS Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 20 Candidate Name Party Website File Date SALVADOR M. ROSAS Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 23 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JOANNE M. SMITH Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 25 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JUDITH M. TILSEN Nonpartisan 5/19/2010 JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 26 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JOHN GUTHMANN Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 27 Candidate Name Party Website File Date CONNIE S. IVERSEN Nonpartisan www.connieiversenforjudge.com 6/1/2010 WILLIAM H. LEARY Nonpartisan 5/19/2010 JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 3 Candidate Name Party Website File Date STEVEN R. SCHWAB Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 5 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JOHN CHESTERMAN Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 6 Candidate Name Party Website File Date CASEY J. CHRISTIAN Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 11 Candidate Name Party Website File Date NANCY L. BOSTRACK Nonpartisan 5/19/2010 JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 17 Candidate Name Party Website File Date TERRENCE M. WALTERS Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 22 Candidate Name Party Website File Date THOMAS M. NEUVILLE Nonpartisan 5/19/2010 JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 23 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JOSEPH A. BUELTEL Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 3 Candidate Name Party Website File Date THOMAS M. SIPKINS Nonpartisan retainjudgetomsipkins.com 5/18/2010 JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 7 Candidate Name Party Website File Date TAMARA GARCIA Nonpartisan judgetamaragarcia.com 5/18/2010 JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 8 Candidate Name Party Website File Date KEVIN S. BURKE Nonpartisan 5/19/2010 JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 12 Candidate Name Party Website File Date ANNE K. MCKEIG Nonpartisan 5/19/2010 JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 13 Candidate Name Party Website File Date REGINA CHU Nonpartisan http://judgereginachu 5/18/2010 JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 18 Candidate Name Party Website File Date SUSAN N. BURKE Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 21 Candidate Name Party Website File Date MEL DICKSTEIN Nonpartisan judgemeldickstein.com 5/18/2010 JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 23 Candidate Name Party Website File Date WILLIAM R. HOWARD Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 24 Candidate Name Party Website File Date MARILYN JUSTMAN KAMAN Nonpartisan www.judgemarilynkaman.com 5/18/2010 JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 26 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JOSEPH KLEIN Nonpartisan www.judgejosephklein.com 5/18/2010 JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 29 Candidate Name Party Website File Date GARY R LARSON Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 34 Candidate Name Party Website File Date KAREN JANISCH Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 39 Candidate Name Party Website File Date LAURIE MILLER Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 41 Candidate Name Party Website File Date MARK WERNICK Nonpartisan judgemarkwernick.com 5/18/2010 JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 49 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JOHN J. SOMMERVILLE Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 52 Candidate Name Party Website File Date FRED KARASOV Nonpartisan judgefredkarasov.com 5/18/2010 JUDGE -4TH DISTRICT COURT 54 Candidate Name Party Website File Date LUCY A. WIELAND Nonpartisan judgelucywieland.org 5/18/2010 JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 1 Candidate Name Party Website File Date GREGORY ANDERSON Nonpartisan 5/20/2010 JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 3 Candidate Name Party Website File Date ALLISON L KREHBIEL Nonpartisan 5/24/2010 JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 4 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JEFFREY L. FLYNN Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 6 Candidate Name Party Website File Date MICHELLE DIETRICH Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 9 Candidate Name Party Website File Date LEE BUSH Nonpartisan 5/25/2010 JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 10 Candidate Name Party Website File Date KURT D. JOHNSON Nonpartisan 5/25/2010 JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 12 Candidate Name Party Website File Date DAVID W PETERSON Nonpartisan 5/20/2010 JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 16 Candidate Name Party Website File Date LINDA S. TITUS Nonpartisan 5/20/2010 JUDGE -6TH DISTRICT COURT 2 Candidate Name Party Website File Date TERRENCE M. ARONSON Nonpartisan 5/20/2010 JUDGE -6TH DISTRICT COURT 11 Candidate Name Party Website File Date RUSS CONROW Nonpartisan 6/1/2010 TIMOTHY A. COSTLEY Nonpartisan 5/26/2010 MIKE CUZZO Nonpartisan cuzzoforjudge.com 5/27/2010 JUHL HALVORSON Nonpartisan 6/1/2010 JOHN STEVEN LIND Nonpartisan 5/27/2010 TIM LITTLE Nonpartisan 6/1/2010 JAMES ROSS Nonpartisan 6/1/2010 LAWRENCE W. ULANOWSKI Nonpartisan www.larryulaw.com 6/1/2010 JUDGE -6TH DISTRICT COURT 13 Candidate Name Party Website File Date HEATHER L. SWEETLAND Nonpartisan 5/24/2010 JUDGE -6TH DISTRICT COURT 14 Candidate Name Party Website File Date MARK MUNGER Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -6TH DISTRICT COURT 16 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JOHN E. DESANTO Nonpartisan 5/21/2010 JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 9 Candidate Name Party Website File Date MICHAEL KIRK Nonpartisan 5/19/2010 JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 14 Candidate Name Party Website File Date SKIPPER J PEARSON Nonpartisan 5/20/2010 JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 16 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JOSEPH A. EVANS Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 21 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JAMES HOOLIHAN Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 22 Candidate Name Party Website File Date SALLY IRELAND ROBERTSON Nonpartisan JudgeSally.com 5/24/2010 JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 25 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JOHN H. SCHERER Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 28 Candidate Name Party Website File Date DOUGLAS P. ANDERSON Nonpartisan 5/20/2010 JUDGE -8TH DISTRICT COURT 1 Candidate Name Party Website File Date GLEN M (JAKE) JACOBSEN Nonpartisan www.glenjacobsen.com 5/28/2010 KATHRYN SMITH Nonpartisan www.judgekathryn-kit-smith.org 5/18/2010 JUDGE -8TH DISTRICT COURT 10 Candidate Name Party Website File Date PAUL A. NELSON Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 2 Candidate Name Party Website File Date EARL E. MAUS Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 5 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JOHN HAWKINSON Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 9 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JON A. MATURI Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 16 Candidate Name Party Website File Date PAUL T. BENSHOOF Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 DARRELL CARTER Nonpartisan darrellcarterlaw.com 6/1/2010 JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 17 Candidate Name Party Website File Date TERRANCE C. HOLTER Nonpartisan 5/24/2010 PAUL E. RASMUSSEN Nonpartisan 5/20/2010 JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 19 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JOHN P. SMITH Nonpartisan 5/19/2010 JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 20 Candidate Name Party Website File Date DONNA K. DIXON Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 23 Candidate Name Party Website File Date KRISTINE R. DEMAY Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 3 Candidate Name Party Website File Date LAURETTE S. ARNOLD Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 HELEN R. BROSNAHAN Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 PATRICIA (ZENNER) BURCHILL Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 BRIDGID E. DOWDAL Nonpartisan www.votedowdal.com 6/10/2010 PORTIA HAMPTON-FLOWERS Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 DAVID L. HANSON Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 MIMI HASSELBALCH Nonpartisan www.mimiforjudge.com 6/9/2010 SHERIDAN KEITH HAWLEY Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 JOHN E. (JACK) HENNEN Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 DAWN R. HENNESSY Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 TAD JUDE Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 BRIAN LECLAIR Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 PETE MARKER Nonpartisan www.votemarker.com 6/9/2010 CATHERINE ANN MCENROE Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 CATHERINE (KATE) MCPHERSON Nonpartisan www.kateforjudge.com 6/10/2010 KELLEY MALONE O'NEILL Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 WM. CHRISTOPHER PENWELL Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 JENNIFER SANTORO BOVITZ Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 MARY E. SMITS Nonpartisan www.marysmits.com 6/10/2010 RICHARD STEBBINS Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 ROBERT "BOB" STEIGAUF Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 F. JOSEPH TAYLOR Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 YAMY VANG Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 LINDY T. YOKANOVICH Nonpartisan 6/10/2010 JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 8 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JOHN MCBRIDE Nonpartisan www.judgejohnmcbride.com 5/18/2010 JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 18 Candidate Name Party Website File Date MICHELE A. DAVIS Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 19 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JAMES A. CUNNINGHAM, JR Nonpartisan jamescunningham.org 5/18/2010 JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 20 Candidate Name Party Website File Date STEVE HALSEY Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 27 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JOHN DEHEN Nonpartisan 5/28/2010 MICHAEL ROITH Nonpartisan www.reelectjudgemichaelroith.com 5/18/2010 JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 28 Candidate Name Party Website File Date GARY R. SCHURRER Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 29 Candidate Name Party Website File Date KRISTA K. MARTIN Nonpartisan KRISTAMARTINFORJUDGE.COM 5/18/2010 JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 30 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JENNY WALKER JASPER Nonpartisan judgejennywalkerjasper.com 5/18/2010 JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 31 Candidate Name Party Website File Date JOHN C. HOFFMAN Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 40 Candidate Name Party Website File Date ROBERT RANCOURT Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 41 Candidate Name Party Website File Date MARY E. HANNON Nonpartisan 5/18/2010 JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 42 Candidate Name Party Website File Date GEOFFREY TENNEY Nonpartisan www.judgegeoffreytenney.com 5/18/2010 JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 44 Candidate Name Party Website File Date THOMAS M. FITZPATRICK Nonpartisan electjudgethomasfitzpatrick.law.officelive.com 5/18/2010 JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 45 Candidate Name Party Website File Date KRISTIN C. LARSON Nonpartisan electjudgelarson.law.officelive.com 5/18/2010

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE - SUPREME COURT 2

HELEN MEYER
GREG WERSAL\

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE - SUPREME COURT 6

ALAN C. PAGE
TIM TINGELSTAD

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 2


ROXANN KLUGMAN
RANDOLPH W. PETERSON


,JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 14

DAN GRIFFITH
LARRY STAUBER JR

JUDGE -1ST DISTRICT COURT 8

STEPHEN ALLAN BAKER
LARRY CLARK

JUDGE -2ND DISTRICT COURT 16

GLORIA E. BOGEN
JOHN G. DILLON
GREG M. GAFFANEY
MARK IRELAND
STEPHEN C. KELLY
ED MATTHEWS
TREVOR STEWART OLIVER
TOM PLUNKETT ,Nonpartisan
MATTHEW LAWSON THORNTON

JUDGE -6TH DISTRICT COURT 11

RUSS CONROW
TIMOTHY A. COSTLEY
MIKE CUZZO ,Nonpartisan
JUHL HALVORSON
JOHN STEVEN LIND
TIM LITTLE
JAMES ROSS
LAWRENCE W. ULANOWSKI

JUDGE -8TH DISTRICT COURT 1

GLEN M (JAKE) JACOBSEN
KATHRYN SMITH

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 16

PAUL T. BENSHOOF
DARRELL CARTER

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 17

TERRANCE C. HOLTER
PAUL E. RASMUSSEN

JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 3

LAURETTE S. ARNOLD
HELEN R. BROSNAHAN
PATRICIA (ZENNER) BURCHILL
BRIDGID E. DOWDAL
PORTIA HAMPTON-FLOWERS
DAVID L. HANSON
MIMI HASSELBALCH
SHERIDAN KEITH HAWLEY
JOHN E. (JACK) HENNEN
DAWN R. HENNESSY
TAD JUDE ,Nonpartisan
BRIAN LECLAIR
PETE MARKER
CATHERINE ANN MCENROE
CATHERINE (KATE) MCPHERSON
KELLEY MALONE O'NEILL
WM. CHRISTOPHER PENWELL
JENNIFER SANTORO BOVITZ
MARY E. SMITS
RICHARD STEBBINS
ROBERT "BOB" STEIGAUF
F. JOSEPH TAYLOR
YAMY VANG
LINDY T. YOKANOVICH


JUDGE -10TH DISTRICT COURT 27

JOHN DEHEN
MICHAEL ROITH


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The arguments from the ACLJ came in an appeal pending before the 7th Circuit of a decision by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb of Wisconsin, who decided the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional.

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The arguments from the ACLJ came in an appeal pending before the 7th Circuit of a decision by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb of Wisconsin, who decided the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional.
Crabb's decision came in a case filed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Wisconsin-based atheist and agnostic group that challenged the constitutionality of a 1988 federal law.
The law gives the president the authority to designate the first Thursday in May as a National Day of Prayer.
Crabb, appointed to the court in 1979 by President Carter, determined the statute violates the First Amendment's establishment clause, which says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."
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One of the fatal flaws in the concept of “limited” government is the judiciary. Endowed with the compulsory monopoly of the vital power of deciding disputes, of ultimately deciding who can wield force and how much can be wielded, the government judiciary sits as an unchecked and unlimited tyrant.

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