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Next time 4000!!

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Mon Apr 11, 2016 | 8:21 PM EDT Police arrest 400 at U.S. Capitol in protest of money in politics WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police arrested more than 400 protesters outside the U.S. Capitol on Monday from Democracy Spring, an organization seeking to remove big money from politics and combat restrictive voter identification laws. The mostly calm and orderly demonstration resulted in arrests for what the U.S. Capitol Police called "unlawful demonstration activity" such as crowding and obstruction. Organizers vowed to repeat the demonstration every day for a week. The protest was held "to demand Congress take immediate action to end the corruption of big money in … Continue Reading ››

Experience Makes You an Expert- The Overlooked Problem of Family Courts

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by James Carter

Americans who still believe that the U.S. Constitution protects them, have not yet dealt with the family law system. It's no secret that the system is broken but unfortunately most people do not realize how serious the problem is until they experience it first hand. This corrupt system is the most destructive force operating on American families today. The greed and abuse of power is out of control, children’s lives are being destroyed and fit parents are being deprived of their basic human rights without notice or a chance to be heard.

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Montgomery Co. Judge Richard Haaz Fails to Disclose Conflict on Panel Against AG Kane

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It may be old  news that Judge William Carpenter,  Senior Judge William Nicholas, and Judge Richard Haaz sat on the April 27, 2015 panel to determine if Carpenter's ambiguous protective order was violated by Attorney General Kane. But while thus far, Judge Richard Haaz has remained under the radar,  it may be time to give him his place of honor in the Pennsylvania Courts Hall of Shame.

What has escaped the corporate-run media, is that it appears that Judge Haaz, who concurred on the opinion that AG Kane had violated the protective … Continue Reading ››

Dumb and Dumber

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This is just insane. I have to say that after 9 years being involved in court reform, I have seen cases where women just do not want to go back to work after being full time mothers. They often apply for disability. And the pattern is clear because most of their claims are fibromyalgia and other difficult to detect illnesses At the same time, men suddenly lose their jobs at the beginning of divorces. If they were self employed, they suddenly go out of business. It isnt hard for the court to recognize these tactics either. But they … Continue Reading ››

Pennsylvania Got Punked

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In an article on Philly.com on November 15, 2015, regarding the ongoing judicial calamity in the Pennsylvania Court System, ethics expert Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr., an emeritus professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, took aim at the Judicial Conduct Board's  position that its proceedings are confidential. "It is a little paradoxical that a board constituted to create greater transparency and trust in the judiciary is itself quite untransparent," he said. Pennsylvania citizens did not need an Ivy League … Continue Reading ››

Police Have No Right to Take Your Cell Phone

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This ruling in Pennsylvania Superior Court may come in handy one day.

Commonwealth v. Wright, 99 A.3d 565 (Pa. Super. Aug. 29, 2014): per Stabile, J., held that the "plain view doctrine did not operate to justify warrantless seizure of defendant's [cell phone]." Under the Fourth Amendment and Article I, § 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, "plain view doctrine permits a warrantless seizure if . . .1) [the] police did not violate the Fourth Amendment during the course of their arrival at the location where they viewed the item in question; 2) the item was … Continue Reading ››