judge [juj]
n
[12th century. Via Old French juge from, ultimately, Latin judex , literally "one who speaks the law," from jus "law, right" (source of English just).]
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Ann Coulter should probably be the one writing this, and I am certain that she would do a better job in articulating the travesty of justice occuring in our courts today. Who will judge the judges? It is a good question. Take a look at some recent decisions made by judges here in our beloved country:
Judge Richard Kramer - San Francisco judge that declares state law on same sex marriage to be unconstitutional.
Judge M. Brooke Murdock – Ruled on allowing same sex marriage.
Superior Court Judge John McCann – Sets child sex offender, Glen Wheeler, free.
Judge Gordon Thompson - Rules to remove cross off Mt. Soledad after being voted to remain or be moved.
Judge John E. Jones III - declares Intelligent Design theory as “religion.”
Judge Stephen Reinhardt – Makes decision declaring that the “right to privacy” did not apply to parents who wanted to prevent public school officials in Palmdale, Calif., from giving their elementary school age children a sexually explicit survey.
Among his better known decisions, Reinhardt:
- … agreed that the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance was unconstitutional;
- … found a “right to die” in the Constitution;
- … overturned Alaska’s sex offender registry law because a registrant would suffer the “ostracism that would accompany his being publicly labeled a sex offender;”
- … ruled that the Second Amendment, which states in part “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed,” does not recognize a right of individual citizens to own guns, but of state governments to arm “militias.”
Judge Gerard O’ Brien - Ruled that a female-to-male individual is legally a man in Florida.
Judge Bruce A. Gaeta - Sentenced 43-year-old teacher Pamela Diehl-Moore to probation after she admitted having sex with a seventh-grade student who was 13 at the time.
Judge Robert Freedman – Voids a requirement that had threatened to disqualify an estimated 1,500 seniors in San Diego County and 47,000 students statewide from graduating with their classmates.
District Judge Kristine Cecava - (Cheyenne County, Nebraska) Sentenced Richard Thompson, 50, on two counts of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. He was given 10 years of probation by a judge who said the man was too small to survive prison. His sentence to intensive supervision probation means he’ll be electronically monitored for 120 days, he cannot be alone with anyone under 18 and he can’t date or live with anyone whose children are under 18.