Tuesday, January 5, 2010

January 10 deadline to comment to Supreme Court

If you're reading this blog, perhaps you have some ideas to make the Code of Judicial Conduct better? Or any other Rules of Court for that matter. Well, this is your chance.

You have until January 10 (that's this Sunday - less than a week) to petition the Supreme Court with your ideas.

If you go to the Supreme Court's public forum, you can troll around to see how it's done. But don't be intimidated. I'm told by a high ranking Supreme Court AOC staffer that you don't have to submit your idea as a fancy pleading, like the professionals are doing. You can simply offer it in free form format, as this regular citizen did. (I believe, but don't know for sure, that the AOC will format your input into the proper pleading format eventually. I've got in inquiry in.)

Another staffer tells me "The court wants its Court Rules Forum to be available to everyone, lawyers or not." So go for it.

Just follow their simple rules for getting an account and for posting.

Even if you don't have any new ideas to offer, you can read and comment on petitions for the Rules of the Supreme Court until May20.

We get the government we deserve. I don't know that they're always listening to us, but at least here, they say they are. The sad thing is, few citizens are involved. This is your chance to be salt of the earth.

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