Tuesday, March 20, 2007
New York's most vulnerable children depend on the Family Court to make the most important decisions in their lives - where they will live, who will raise them, what services they need, and how and when they will visit their parents and siblings.
Yet New York State's Family Courts are overloaded. As Chief Judge Judith Kaye explained in her State of the Judiciary Address, New York State's Family Courts are "desperately short of judicial resources." The courts need more judges to handle this burgeoning and extraordinarily vulnerable caseload.
Click here to send a letter to Governor Spitzer, Assembly Speaker Silver, Majority Leader Bruno and your legislators asking them to pass legislation adding 39 more Family Court Judges.
About the family court judge caught smoking marijuana in some parking lot and got a misdemeanor ticket. There may well be another vacancy to fill if he is relieved of his duties. I am sure he has presided over many cases involving some juvenile smoking a joint. Now, how does that work?
ReplyDeleteWasn't that in California?
ReplyDeleteI think Elliot Spitzer would be intolerant of such behavior. He wouldn't tolerate judges that smoked pot anymore than he would judges that "bought" their place in the courtroom!
Go Elliot!
I really can't recall the location of that judge's judgeship. I don't think he should be a family court judge after this. If he says it's his first time smoking pot, I think that would be ludicrous, but it would not surprise me. Perhaps a stay in rehab? Puke Barf Heave.
ReplyDeleteThat judge was in Florida and took part in the Anna Nicole drama. Florida, being the most corrupt state in the nation, will probably do nothing to the scumbag.
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