I agree number 3 would be like the fox guarding the henhouse. I hope a few people will make the author and his group aware of that alone with alternatives.--- In [email protected], Jon Roland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ma ni wrote: > > >Regarding the third suggestion: > >"an outraged public should force lawmakers to pass laws for the > >creation of bodies external to the judiciaries to take effective > >action on complaints against judges and make judges accountable > >for the use of public funds." > > > >It has no merit. It is only extinguishing fire with gasoline; > >just more big-govt mentality: feed the parasite. Judges are > >already supposed to be the "external bodies" who watch over the > >welfare of the defendants to see they get fair trials. Who says > >the new "external bodies" / govt watchers ("watcher watchers") > >will be any less corruptible? Who will watch them? When they > >fail, who will watch the next crop of watcher watchers? And who > >will be left to be able to pay them all? > > > >-Mark > > > > > Excellent point. Obviously, the proposal has to be modified. It is not > government officials who are going to fix the problem. They are part of > the problem. The outside elements needed are juries, trial and grand, > and private prosecutors, and to work it is they who have to be brought > in. Even they can be corrupted, of course. Our hope that they will do > their jobs righteously is that they are drawn at random from the public > and serve too briefly to be got to. Obviously, if the general public is > corrupted, there is no hope. > > What Cordero's proposal addresses is providing the private prosecutors, > although perhaps he doesn't realize that yet. Getting it before a > virtuous jury is the challenge. > > -- Jon > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Constitution Society 7793 Burnet Road #37, Austin, TX 78757 > 512/299-5001 www.constitution.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------- >
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