Judges who need to be arrested

Do you know a judge who should be arrested for blatantly violating the law? Add your nomination(s) in a comment here.

I'll get the ball rolling by nominating US District Court Judge John McBryde.

Resigned judges

Sometimes bad judges do the right thing: They resign.

Murdered judges

What was called "frontier justice" was administered by the aggrieved party outside the courtroom. Even today judges are not immune from those who take the law into their own hands to seek justice or revenge.

Some of the worst judges

Here's one list of some of the country's worst judges.

Here's another list of judges--good, bad, and unrated. On this site, you can judge the judges.

Where, why, and how to file a complaint against a federal judge

Complaints against federal judges are filed under the Judicial Improvements Act of 2002 (28 U.S.C. §§ 351-364). Under this Act, any person may file a written complaint alleging that a judge has engaged in "conduct prejudicial to the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts" or "is unable to discharge all duties of office by reason of mental or physical disability."

Details: http://www.ajs.org/ethics/eth_fed-jud-conduct.asp

Where to file a complaint against a judge in your state

Here is a list of the organizations from each state established to investigate allegations of misconduct by state court judges:
http://www.ajs.org/ethics/eth_conduct-orgs.asp

Helpful links

American Judicature Society
The American Judicature Society works to maintain the independence and integrity of the courts and increase public understanding of the justice system. We are a nonpartisan organization with a national membership of judges, lawyers and other citizens interested in the administration of justice.

American Jury Institute/Fully Informed Jury Association
The mission of the American Jury Institute/Fully Informed Jury Association is to inform all Americans about their rights, powers, and responsibilities when serving as trial jurors. Jurors must know that they have the option and the responsibility to render a verdict based on their conscience and on their sense of justice as well as on the merits of the law.

Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc.
This national, nonpartisan, nonprofit citizens' organization documents how judges break the law and get away with it. Their mission is to improve the quality of our judiciary by removing political considerations from the judicial selection process and by ensuring that the process of disciplining and removing judges is effective and meaningful.

FAQ on American Judicial and Legal Corruption
Dr. Les Sachs provides a comprehensive FAQ, or Frequently Asked Questions with Answers, on American judicial and legal corruption--the most hidden and ugly secret about life inside the modern United States.

Judicial Accountability Initiative Law
J.A.I.L. is a single-issue national grassroots movement designed to end the rampant and pervasive judicial corruption in the legal system of the United States.

National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project, Inc.
Almost 25 years ago, Congress enacted the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act, Title 28 U.S.C. §372, by which anyone can file a complaint against a federal judge, charging him or her with misconduct or a disability impeding the judge's job performance. The statute is merely one component in a general self-policing scheme for local, state, and federal judges that apparent consensus deems ineffective. National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project, Inc., was accordingly created to help regulate America's judiciary by duly increasing its exposure to professional discipline, civil damages awards, and criminal prosecution for the willful abuse of the American legal system by judges.

The Council to Restore the Rule of Law
The Council to Restore the Rule of Law is a civil action group dedicated to facilitating judicial accountability and restoring the Rule of Law within the American court system.

Victims of Law
This website hopes to publish documented proof of many of the deliberate violations of the rule of law, the doctrine upon which our Constitutional Republic is based.

Americans murdering their judges, and the American crisis of judicial corruption

In the headlines are the appalling news stories of Americans carrying out murderous attacks on judges and their families. In a matter of days, one judge was shot and killed in his own courtroom, while another judge had family members brutally murdered in their home. These news stories are, however, related to another news story, which is the most taboo subject of the American media--the expanding crisis of corruption among American judges and lawyers. At question is whether the deepening despair of Americans about their own legal system is fueling some of these violent attacks on judges.

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How does the appearance of judicial impropriety contribute to consumer distrust of the civil justice system?

• According to a study conducted by Justice at Stake, when asked “How would you rate the job being done by judges in your state,” more than one-third (37%) of people surveyed answered “fair” or “poor.”

• That same study found that, when asked how well the word “independent” described judges, more than one-third (35%) of people surveyed answered “not too well” or “not well at all.”

• That same study found that, when asked how well the word “impartial” described judges, more than one-third (34%) of people surveyed answered “not too well” or “not well at all.”

Source: Justice at Stake Campaign, Justice at Stake Frequency Questionnaire (2001).