by Highline | Mar 30, 2012 |
Please consider signing this petition to impeach Keene District Court Judge Edward Burke for violating the New Hampshire Constitution by lying to his bailiffs and the Keene Police to have a resident of Keene, NH imprisoned for simply asking questions.
Questioning public officials is protected by the Constitution.
This petition is to support New Hampshire State Representatives that support accountability in the Judicial Branch. Support from the public is intended to help them seek permission from the Rules Committee to introduce immediate Articles of Impeachment against Judge Burke.
UPDATE: I understand Judge Burke has offended a great deal of people in the Keene community. That said, before you leave angry comments that could be interpreted as being threatening in nature, please consider assisting us in using the political process to hold the Judge accountable.
All threatening comments left on this blog will be deleted.
Thank you.
by Highline | Mar 23, 2012 |
From STOP Judicial Child Abuse in New Hampshire Family Courts:
In a nail-biting turn of events, CACR 26 passed the N.H. House of Representatives by one vote!
This bill text proposes:
“That article 73-a of the second part of the constitution, relative to authorizing the chief justice of the supreme court to make rules governing the administration of all the courts of the state, be repealed.”
This is a critical piece of legislation as it proposes to strip the rule-making authority of the court, from the Supreme Court. The problem that we the people are faced with is that the cronyism of the N.H. Bar and the judicial “elite” has created overwhelming corruption within the judiciary.
There are currently no checks and balances against the judiciary’s self-governing, unaccountable tyranny. We urge you to call your N.H. Senator and urge them to vote “yes” to CACR 26 – to give the Courts back to the people!
Amending the New Hampshire Constitution effectively would force the New Hampshire Judicial Branch to no longer be a second and unaccountable legislature in our state. You know, an unaccountable legislature that allowed three unelected legislators to outlaw activity that can, and indeed did, catch their colleague breaking the law.
by Kelly | Mar 18, 2012 |
From New Hampshire WMUR Channel 9:
KEENE, N.H. — Several fights broke out at the Railroad Tavern on Railroad Street in Keene Friday night when officials with the state liquor enforcement arrived.Police said the liquor enforcement officials were doing a routine inspection when they discovered a 19-year-old man being served alcohol. When they tried to arrest the teen, Xavier Carter, he fought back and a fight ensued. At the same time, another, unrelated, fight broke outside and several other fights inside the bar erupted.When officers arrived, there were between 30 and 40 people fighting, but they quickly dispersed. Carter was charged with disorderly conduct for fighting with the liquor enforcement officials. Anthony Berardi, 29, was also charged with disorderly conduct. Police said he was actively hitting someone when they arrived. No one was seriously hurt in the brawl.It was not immediately known what, if any, action would be taken against the business.
So, basically, some adults were out peacefully enjoying adult recreation and adult beverages, not harming anybody; when criminal gang members who claim to represent the state of New Hampshire came into this privately owned establishment and caused a huge fight to break out.
Just doing their jobs, right?
by Highline | Mar 18, 2012 |
On April 1st 2012 it will have been twelve years since the New York Times ran this article that the New Hampshire Judicial Branch would probably rather you not be aware of, given my nearly full-time efforts to once again hold them accountable.
A State Supreme Court justice illegally tried to influence his colleagues in his own divorce case, and the chief justice broke the law by listening to him, the state’s attorney general said today.
The announcement by Attorney General Philip T. McLaughlin led to the resignation of the justice, Stephen Thayer, and raised doubts about the future of Chief Justice David Brock.
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by Highline | Mar 16, 2012 |
The New Hampshire Attorney General has filed an appearance and motion on behalf of Circuit Court Administrative Judge Edwin Kelley and Superior Court Chief Judge Tina Nadeau. The motion is to “quash” the subpoenas that they have been served with by the Merrimack County Sheriffs Department which require them to appear as witnesses in State v. Jason Talley.
From the motion:
6. The Defendant has copies of the three orders at issue. If the trial court deems the orders themselves relevant and admissible evidence, they can be admitted as trial exhibits by the proferring party. Testimony from judges regarding their mental process leading up to the issuance of their orders, however, is prohibited and properly excluded.
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by Pete Eyre | Mar 6, 2012 |
I attempt to take conversations to their logical conclusions. If Person A makes an absolutist statement it in the least leaves ample room for questions posited as “devils advocate” and likely brings to light questions never before considered, that upon further scrutiny, causes Person A themselves to admit that flaws exist in their argument.
Over the past week when conversing with Keene police employees about their stance on the possible acquisition of a BEARCAT armored vehicle, some noted that “it’s free” – essentially saying that since it is to be provided via a federal Dept. of Homeland Security grant it’d be erroneous to turn it down.
Overlooking the fact that the federal government (like government at any level) must first steal or print what they spend, my immediate follow-up to such it’s-free-so-why-not-take-it statements is to question the point at which they’d say “no thanks.”
What would Keene “authorities” do if they were offered other military hardware, such as a drone? Sound far-fetched? Not so. Fortunately, as the story below demonstrates, at least some comic relief can be had from this escalation of the police state thanks to the rampant be-afraid-of-everything mindset peddled since 9/11 (hey – any excuse to grow the size and scope of the State, right?)
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