We are working for a civil justice system that is just and fair to the interests of citizens. We believe that a fair and impartial judiciary is essential to a fair civil justice system. We believe in the three branches of government, Executive, Legislative and Judiciary, each of them with clearly defined responsibilities. However, the judiciary has become a government within a government setting its own rules and laws for judges and lawyers, accountable only to itself under a self regulation, generally with no penalty for acting in contravention of the rules and laws.
It is important to maintain public awareness of the problems and abuses encountered in the civil justice system. We advocate a fair civil justice system with accountability through the news media, public forums, and in the halls of government. Obviously, the system is out of control and needs correction. Unfortunately, judicial reform is not an issue before our lawmakers that is being adequately addressed due to the influence of special interest groups on the legislative process. The public must become engaged in the debate over judicial reform before there will be solution to the problem. The public is encouraged to seek out their legislators Let us not forget that ours is a government by the people for the people. The people can effect change either through their legislators or through their own state-wide petition drive.
What We Work for
• To inform and educate the
public on the laws and constitutional provisions on which lawyers and
judges base the regulation of The Florida Bar to which all practicing
attorneys must belong. To uncover the violation of separation of
powers, within the judicial branch.
• To create public interest in the importance of reform in the
judicial branch of the government and to get the public involved.
• To abolish the self-regulation of attorneys and place the admission
of persons to practice law into a branch of government
independent of the judiciary. The involvement of ordinary citizens in
attorney disciplinary proceedings and to conduct these proceedings in
the open.
• To abolish the confidentiality of the complaints made against
judges. To establish a system of judicial accountability which
involves the ordinary citizens in judicial disciplinary proceedings.
The proceedings to be conducted in the open. Complaints of misconduct
against judges to be investigated even if it involves their decisions,
procedural rules or the merits of the case, particularly where the
judges fail to follow the law and rules and falsify, and/or disregard
the facts and evidence.
• To hold judges and lawyers
responsible for their behavior to litigants, and make them accountable
and subject them to penalties for the abuse and violation of the
guidelines of the laws and rules.
• To abolish the judicial gag rules which allow a candidate for
election of judicial office practically only to introduce him or
herself and to say that he/she will be fair and impartial and limits
discussion of issues.
• To bring the courts
especially the Florida State court system into the twenty first
century. To seek the installation of audio and video equipment in the
civil court division of the state court, and video equipment in the
federal court (they already have audio equipment). The audio and video
tapes to be available for public inspection. The audio tapes subject
to be transcribed officially at reasonable rates.
• The creation of a court watch program by the legislature to oversee
the functioning of the courts by random inspection of the audio and
video tapes and court files, by an agency created for that purpose,
with members that includes the ordinary citizen.
• To stop the destruction of court records and files, permitted under
rules of the Florida Supreme Court.
• To testify before legislative bodies, contact judicial officers and
others with regard to our objectives to improve the legal system.
• To hold meetings and network with other reform organizations. To
seek public hearings. That America is bleeding because our legal
system has been overtaken by unethical, lawless practices is voiced by
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