Biden Judge Kendra D. Biggs just sentenced two criminals, who viciously beat DOGE employee Edward Coristine, to probation with no jail time. Biggs decided she’s in the rehabilitation rather than justice business.
Biden Judge Deborah Boardman sentenced Nicholas Roske to only 8 years of incarceration, for attempting to assassinate a Supreme Court Justice. Boardman decided that Roske’s recent declaration of transgenderism warranted a downward deviation from the sentencing guidelines.
Numerous judges were involved in excusing career criminal Decarlos Brown Jr. from consequences for his crimes. He subsequently stabbed Iryna Zarutska to death on a subway car while shouting, “I got that white girl!”
Our judicial system has become deeply misguided – with too many judges more interested in social engineering than blind application of the laws passed by the people’s representatives. Their behavior is an affront to our self-governance.
When a patient dies due to a reckless decision by a surgeon, there will likely be a lawsuit. When people die because an engineering miscalculation led to a bridge collapse, there will most definitely be a lawsuit. If a trucker kills three people while making an illegal U-turn, there will be an arrest – likely followed by a lawsuit. When an innocent woman is murdered because a judge chose to release a savage without bail, the judge who showed more mercy to the criminal than the victim will need to avoid the nightly news for a few days. What’s wrong with that picture?
Why are the consequences for bad judicial decisions minimal, or even nonexistent? Don’t judges have as much impact on society as doctors, engineers, truck drivers, and contractors? In professions not involving black robes, the risk of personal liability creates a powerful incentive for professionalism. Civil liability benefits society by encouraging care and competency. Yet Judges are exempt.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Do judges place more value on their personal prosperity than they do on the lives of people in their community? If Congress had explicitly made judges personally liable for the consequences of their decisions, would Iryna’s killer have been behind bars rather than sitting behind her in a subway car? Would Iryna still be serving pizza to Charlotte tourists if judges faced personal financial ruin for damages resulting from reckless decisions from the bench? I believe we know the answer to that question. The implication is that courts are no longer reliable forums for justice, because judges face no real accountability for unprofessional behavior.
Except for criminal conduct, the President’s influence over the courts ends with appointment. The Article II branch of government is powerless against rogue judges.
Congress can impeach judges and legislatively change the authorities of lower courts. But Congress has become so politically polarized that its authority over the lower courts is no longer a deterrent. The Article I branch of government is too ideologically fractured to impose accountability within the federal court system.
The Supreme Court can overturn lower court decisions, but it lacks the authority to take corrective action for unprofessionalism, incompetence, malfeasance, or dereliction. As we have seen, far too many lower court judges place loyalty to their party or ideology above concern for their reputation. They suffer no shame for violating their oath, if their desired outcome is achieved. District court judges are now openly defying the Supreme Court, rather than embracing its guidance for corrective action.
I’m not saying that we should impose civil liability on federal judges. But if we don’t find ways to reestablish accountability, we will cease being “one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and JUSTICE for all.” Once the “justice” is gone, the “liberty” will follow. Maybe it’s time we got creative in finding ways to make sure judges “have some skin in the game.”
Author Bio: John Green is a retired engineer and political refugee from Minnesota, now residing in Idaho. He spent his career designing complex defense systems, developing high performance organizations, and doing corporate strategic planning. He is a contributor to American Thinker, The American Spectator, and the American Free News Network. He can be reached at greenjeg@gmail.com.
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