Another AHA! Moment
March 4, 2010
Last week I posted an item on Bill Moyers’ PBS rant about Citizens United, calling out the lack of any proof behind his hysterical assertion that there’s now a “crooked sign hanging on every courthouse in America reading ‘Justice for Sale.’” The Gavel Grabbers swooned, but also offered no proof to back up Moyers’ absurd assertion.
Well it seems I have an ally from an unlikely source: The American Bar Association.
In a letter posted on Gavel Grab yesterday, William Weisenberg, chairman of the ABA’s Standing Committee on Judicial Independence, writes that he “strongly disagree[s]” with Moyers’ statement and that he “view[s] this characterization of our Courts as impugning the integrity of our court system and the thousands of men and women who daily don their robes and administer justice in a fair and impartial manner.”
Picking apart Moyers was easy game for Weisenberg, but his next paragraph left me speechless:
“Our partners share the view, demonstrated in polling, that there is a serious ‘perception’ [his quotes] that financial support influences judicial decision-making. It is one thing to address the perception that you, JAS [Justice at Stake], our partners, and the ABA speak to often in our quest to drive money out of judicial selection. It is another thing to speak in terms of justice for sale as if it were a common thing.”
Now, you’re probably thinking … you lost your breath over THAT?
But what we have here is an admission from one of the High Priests of the movement that the whole gavel grabbing, multi-million dollar, “merit” selection campaign is based entirely on thin air – on a “perception” – not on any real, provable evidence that judges in mass numbers are selling their votes for cash. Justice in America is not “for sale” – it’s not even “at stake.”
Which raises two interesting questions:
- Wouldn’t it be better for Justice at Stake to spend George Soros’ hedge fund millions to dispel the false “perception” that justice is for sale?
- Will William Weisenberg write another letter to former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor rebutting her assertion that elected judges cannot “dispense law without prejudice?”
Posted by Dan Pero in the categories: Citizens United, Judicial Elections, Justice at Stake
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