The day after...

Well, folks, I'm sad to report that, except for one lone person, no one showed up on Judge Hinson's last day to shout with joy that he was leaving or to shout in anger over the lack of oversight in the Judiciary. No one showed up to demonstrate to the Legislature that it must take a more aggressive role in Check & Balance of what the Founders thought was the "weakest" branch of government. (Looks like the Founders let their guard down on that one.)

I thought for sure Judge Hinson's victims would be there to express their outrage. Or to get together for a class action suit. I still think, non-lawyer that I am, that you all have a great Federal Civil Rights case. Both against Judge Hinson for violating your Constitutional right to a speedy trial and against the Commission on Judicial Conduct and the Arizona Supreme Court for dereliction of duty. Both had a duty to remove this outrageously bad judge. Especially when the Clerk of Court and the Supreme Court (Finance Office) had the violations in plain sight! You should sue the State. (If I have it correct, you have one year to file Federal from the day he admitted his guilt.)

But maybe you victims have been terrorized by The System and are afraid to speak out.

I understand. That one bad judge in that robe can be very frightening when there's no accountability, when we let them violate the law and you are their target.

Unfortunately, this problem has been around since Jesus' day. He told us, The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. Unfortunately, then, we have to bear the injustice.

Fortunately, this isn't the only life to come. In the next life, the eternal one, the situation will be reversed. And that is where I put my hope. But for now, we are commanded, "Thy will be done, on EARTH, as it is in heaven." So we try to bring some Justice down here.

Well, I had hope of achieving more closure, seeing this matter through by seeing the former judge hinson impeached. But that hope is gone. The reality is that impeachment starts in the House of Representatives. If no one cared to demonstrate, then there's nothing for our Representatives to represent. Nor will law enforcement be very motivated to prosecute a former judge without public pressure.

I can almost see it now. If Judge Brutinel stays on as Presiding Judge in Yavapai county, he'll probably assign howard hinson as a judge pro tem someday. (That assumes the State Bar doesn't pull howard hinson's license.) And nothing will have changed.

Sadly, we get the government we deserve. No one cried out. And at the end of the day, howard hinson did not hang his head in shame. (I mean that literally. Eye witnesses testimony.)

Well, my work here is just about done. I'll plan to update the Collateral Damage blog with some tidbits and perhaps tie up a few loose ends here. (I haven't forgotten about your overdue CV 2006 case, reader. I just haven't had time to research it.)

Thanks to all those who offered kind words of support. To all those who reported their suffering under the former judge hinson, I empathize with you more than you know.

To those on the Left who didn't offer words of support, but other words instead, I can't say it any better than my Lord.