Comments on Advance Indiana™: Illinois Courts Finally Remove Mentally Ill Judge Two Years After Suspending Her With Pay

There are lots of people drawing social security d...

2014-05-09T20:37:33.357-05:00

There are lots of people drawing social security disability for bipolar disorder, with or without meds.

If you can control your condition by being complia...

2014-05-09T20:06:40.151-05:00

If you can control your condition by being compliant with your meds
(according to her own psychiatrist), then she's not disabled enough to get SS unless her condition would deteriorate further. Her pension is a different story.

This is another example of "The Brethren"...

2014-05-09T17:31:54.185-05:00

This is another example of "The Brethren" protecting their own. This nut case behaved in a manner that was outrageous and they gave her two years of free money, $364,000...and paid someone else to do her job at the same time.

It happened recently in Indianapolis where a judge behaved inappropriately and was paid for months at a very high rate by the taxpayers while The Brethren stalled even though a detailed finding of fact had been completed and a panel of masters had issued their recommendation.

What needs to change is the judicial branch making...

2014-05-09T16:56:43.355-05:00

What needs to change is the judicial branch making its own laws governing itself.

The other branches of government are restrained by the laws passed in the ordinary legislative process.

An utterly unaccountable, autonomous and unchecked branch is a disaster.

Put all of the courts rules and licensing requirements under the legislature and the general state licensing office.