He wrote of a "lawyerless father", who was trying to make his case for return of his children who had been taken by the Mother, the judge interjecting his own observations and comments, which were unnerving to the father's plea.
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"The court is a very important part of our civil society," said one attorney who works with low-income clients. "And right now, people are tremendously dissatisfied. There's mismanagement, an uncaring bureaucracy, lost records and a ridiculous backlog. But mostly, it's the judges: the arrogance, the bias, the bizarre behavior." ..."Shelton is a walking case for why there should be term limits for judges," said one legal scholar. "He has his favorite group of old-boys'-club lawyers and he holds grudges against others; he retaliates by making their clients suffer for it."
..."The judicial system is the closest thing to a fiefdom that we have in our society," said one legal clinician. "We say it's about justice, but it's also about power. Not even the president can just throw you in jail without a reason. But a judge can.
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One commenter wrote: "I have practiced law in Washtenaw County for more than twenty years and strongly disagree with the allegations made in the article."
Another responded to the commenter: "Didn't you donate $3,400.00 to the Timothy Connors re-election committee in 2012? Didn't your law partners each "chip in" another statutory maximum of $3,400 for a grand total of $10,300.00? Didn't the $10,300.00 in donations from your firm's three partners dwarf the total collected in contributions by Connors' opponent, Michael Woodyard, from all sources during the entire election cycle?"
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I'm sure that most here have had dealings with a court system during their lifetime. Post your experiences here for discussion.
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