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| Robert Vance Jr. |
Robert Vance Jr., the Democratic nominee for chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, is part of the cronyism that has caused our state to have one of the most corrupt "justice systems" in the country. That's why you can count me as one progressive who will be supporting Republican Roy Moore in November.
Why is Vance a dreadful choice as the Democrats' nominee? One reason is his crooked handling of a legal-malpractice case I filed in 2003 against a pair of lawyers from a prominent downtown Birmingham law firm. Vance violated simple, well-settled law by dismissing my claim, allowing his lawyer buddies to escape discovery that would have shown how they sold me down the river. I have more details coming soon about Vance's hatchet job on behalf of Jesse P. Evans III and Michael B. Odom, who were then with Adams and Reese/Lange Simpson and now are at Haskell Slaughter.
But perhaps more important is this: Vance is more than just a con man who protects the interests of the legal tribe while cheating everyday consumers; he is an "empty robe" on the bench, a man with no firm convictions about what it means to serve as a judge. We know that from his own words, as reported by Dana Beyerle in a Tuscaloosa News piece titled, "Robert Vance Jr. Promises a Positive Campaign: Democrat Says He Was Frustrated by Mudslinging."
I certainly do not endorse Roy Moore's curious mix of jurisprudence and old-time religion--and I normally would not even consider voting for him. But I do see signs that Moore is not a slave to legal elites, and I believe he might shake up the Alabama State Bar, which does little more than enable lawyer/shysters in our state. If a regular Alabamian has a case before Roy Moore, I believe there is at least a chance that the law will be correctly applied. Based on personal experience before Vance, I would say there is zero chance he would rule correctly under the law. That's why Roy Moore will get my vote in November--and it's why I hope Alabama Democrats will think twice before reflexively casting a vote for Vance Jr. just because he has a "D" by his name.
At the very least, we know Roy Moore has convictions about something. While I think he is misguided about religion's place in the public square, Moore seems to have some respect for the rights of regular citizens who come before the court. I can't say the same for Robert Vance Jr.--and I see no signs that he has firm convictions about much of anything. Hence, the term "empty robe."
Consider Vance's explanation for his failure to join the chief justice race from the outset; Vance jumped into the breech only after Moore had handily won the Republican primary and after Democrats had disqualified perennial candidate Harry Lyon. From the Beyerle article:
Vance said he didn’t qualify during the original sign-up window earlier this year because he thought appointed Republican Chief Justice Charles Malone was doing a good job and probably would be elected in November.
“I am a fan of Chief Justice Malone,” Vance said in a telephone interview. “While I didn’t know him, I was impressed with his efforts to make sure the court system functioned in a time when our budgets are slashed. Out of respect for him, I felt the court would be in good hands.”
What a load of garbage! Vance says he supported a Republican chief justice who happened to be a good paper pusher. That's inspiring, isn't it? Vance's only concern, it seems, is that the court system function properly--meaning, perhaps, that his paycheck shows up on time. Vance seems to have no concern about whether courts actually dispense justice, whether they uphold the law, whether they enforce constitutional principles, whether citizens from all walks of life receive fair and equal protection.
By his own words, Robert Vance Jr. doesn't care about justice at all. He's fine with a chief justice who does nothing more than "make the trains run on time." What can we expect with Vance holding the top spot in our court system? We can rest assured that rulings will be issued in our cases; they might not be remotely correct under the law, but by God, we will get screwed in a timely and efficient manner.
Is that what Democrats want from the chief justice of Alabama's highest court? Has the party of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act sunk so far on justice issues that it is content to have a paper pusher run for the state's highest judicial office?
It has sunk so low to jump in the bandwagon with the Republicans. Look at what obama has done with justice issues! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
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... While the draft released this week by the DNC indeed offers a clear alternative to the agenda being used by Republican Party opponent, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, its items shouldn’t be considered campaign promises — at least not any more than they were four years earlier. Instead, interpret the RNC and DNC platforms this election season as suggestions . .
... Suggestions that clearly take longer than a single term to get done" . .
DNC recycles 4-year-old promises for Obama’s 2012 platform, 04 September, 2012,
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I've circled the drain in the US, now going on five decades of building up as an entrepreneur and being literally stolen from while sold it’s a “free market capitalism.”
Thinking it’s my fault, which mostly we all do in the US, point a finger back at our selves.’
IT’S NOT US, people of America who are not part of the “BLOB.” We are the real humans who have been duped for all our lives, most, globally, into a decision of HOW MODERN EARTH LIFE IS, made by a few very rotten apples in the barrel, for literally ALL living creatures great and small in earth.
VOTING? My opinion is we all strike by doing absolutely nothing. Very difficult to do, Gandhi and his wife succeeded, and yet did they?
OBAMA's second term? ONLY with AN IRON CLAD CONTRACT WHEREIN HE SIGNS HIS LAWFUL SIGNATURE, that we impeach the bastard should he vitiate the contract again! AND THIS TIME, no such idea for any of the criminals to get a pass.
And, while he is doing what he must do as the REAL POTUS, the money stolen from Americans is returned.
Roger’s new book is a best seller reviewed by the New York Times.
ALL CORRUPT "EMPTY ROBE" [aks"robed gavel tyrants"], are on their welfare checks of moderation, while GPS devices tracking them to make certain the diseased thinking does not get loose and cause such losses in our society again here in this 21 century: equal rights to the court and honor in the due process for our good law known as the rule, letter, spirit and of course then, respect for the "natural" law, too.
wow, thank you. excellent Roger, people best know how magnificent your work is to save this country! rkelly
I was impressed with his efforts to make sure the court system functioned in a time when our budgets are slashed.
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Now wait for the Charlottesville,Va. coward to send whiny comments that your comparing Vance to Benito Mussolini
LS you got his name wrong.
ReplyDeleteIt's Mortimer.
I'm certain I looked up Snerd in the dictionary and he was there, looking just like the Mortimer Snerd or however he spells the name.
Biloxi aka Rkelly
Look at what obama has done with justice issues! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
ReplyDeleteJames James James:
He has hired the publisher of Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson & Karl Rove's former message board--the Va. Pilot!
http://hamptonroads.com/2012/03/senate-confirms-virginianpilot-publisher-hud-post
See what AMAZING THINGS can be accomplished by a quid pro quo(something for something)arrangement:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/business/media/07weather.html?_r=2
I'm proud of you, Roger. I know you don't agree with Judge Moore's religious views, but you know that he will apply the law fairly. And he will not tolerate those judges that violate the law.
ReplyDeleteHe's a good man. You won't regret your vote.
RTR
schnauzer, have you seen this website?
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Yes, I'm quite familiar with John Caylor's work.
ReplyDeleteis Caylor legit?
ReplyDeleteI take his work seriously. He's way outside the mainstream, but that's often a good thing these days.
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