Real Life examples of judicial abuses
There are literally hundreds of documented abuses by judges, here are a few:
1) In District Court File #250715, county attorney Tim Jaysen, representing Hennepin county's interest, cited a law requiring the presiding judge (Stephen Aldrich), to order Respondent who is a lawyer, to direct payments of his child's state subsidized healthcare directly to the county.
"You must adhere to the law", Mr Jaysen argued.
"I can do whatever I want in my courtroom!" Judge Aldrich replied.
2) The same judge, Stephen Aldrich, in a different case stood up in the courtroom, turned backside to the courtroom, gyrated his hips in a mock dance, and waved his posterior at the defendant singing "La Te Da!". Judge Aldrich then told the defendant that he would "bulletproof the records".
3) In Minnesota Appellate case #A05-1067, the MN appellate court determined (and the Supreme Court upheld) that Minnesota Statutes 480.056, 524.1-304, 524.3-911 and 525.714 have no affect of law.
4) Minneapolis attorney Jill Clark held a press conference Dec. 12, 2006 at the Hennepin County Government Center, exposing courthouse corruption and judicial misconduct. Ms. Clark filed a complaint to the Judicial Board against Judge Lucy Weiland and was ignored. The judge retaliated against Ms. Clark with a complaint to the Board of Professional Responsibility.
5) One Citizen's property was taken from her, without her being served a summons and complaint, as required by Minnesota law. When she tried to bring a quiet title action to get her property back, Judge Lynn of the Hennepin County District Court determined that she was not allowed to have her "day in court". The Citizen appealed, arguing that she had been denied her protected due process rights. The Minnesota Appellate court (#A05-2409) ruled that, "the issue is not whether her ownership interest in the decedent's estate was properly adjudicated, but whether it was finally adjudicated". The Supreme Court denied review. In other words, the Minnesota courts have decided that people no longer have their constitutionally secured right to due process.
6) Minnesota's federal district court judge John Tunheim allowed a Minnesota defense contractor to steal over $1 billion from American taxpayers in a procurement fraud.
7) Minnesota state district court judge Dennis Murphy (retired) awarded custody of a 12 year-old boy to his father despite the reports and strong recommendations of two court workers that the father was practicing bestiality - sex with animals - and even though the mother was found to be a fit parent. The boy followed his father's example. His life is probably ruined.
8) Two current federal district court judges, two former Minnesota Supreme Court judges, and a renowned criminal lawyer, defrauded a Minnesota business man of hundreds of thousands of dollars and got him convicted of crimes he did not commit. The federal district court judge would not even let him fire his crooked lawyers or let him tell the jury that a federal agency had actually cleared him of the alleged crimes.
9) Five cops in a rural Minnesota county beat a 78 year-old man, and shot him twice with a taser, even after he told them he had a weak heart. The man was badly injured and wound up in a hospital, yet the cops accused him of attacking them. Judge John Rodenberg sentenced the man to 30 days in jail even though he knew the man's wife had Parkinson's disease and could not care for herself.
10) Judge John B. Van de North saw proof that a mother was doing an excellent job of raising her six month old daughter, yet found "grave and weighty reasons" why she was unfit to parent her three year old son and awarded custody of him to an almost 60 year old single foster parent who was a blood stranger to the boy.
11) In the Maplewood Compost site case in Ramsey County, the people that were harmed by the compost site brought the evidence that agent orange, silvex and multiple other chemical contaminants were dumped at the compost site and distributed throughout Ramsey County. Judge Van de North sealed the evidence so that the public would not learn of the widespread contamination.