Prominent entrepreneur sues prominent judge

Judith McConnell's career has been colored by her dishonest decisions. What can we do about bad judges? Here is part of an article on Huffington Post entitled We Need Criminal and Civil Justice Reform, which has excellent solutions: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carla-dimare/we-nee… • Trial and appellate judges must list connections with parties and lawyers before them. It costs nothing for this transparency. Don’t you want to know if the judge on your case is golfing, jogging or dining with your opponent or his lawyer? • Challenged judges cannot declare themselves unbiased. Motions must go to a different courthouse. It makes no sense to allow judges to judge themselves. Yes this actually happens. • Consider abolishing judicial immunity for judges who act with malice. Giving judges immunity for malicious acts is illogical and dangerous. Police officers and other public officials who act with malice can be sued, so why immunize judges? If judges were required to pay a lawyer to defend their malicious acts, malicious rulings would diminish. • Every order and opinion must accurately cite to the record. This must be non-negotiable. Judges and justices with agendas write orders and decisions based upon invented statements masquerading as “facts.” These people work for the taxpayers and if they cannot do a simple task like accurately state facts and law, then they need to find another job. • Consider judicial term limits. It would purge the bad apples, but it would also remove great judges, which may not be beneficial. • Any lawyer who donates or causes a donation to a judge (judge’s family, family member’s boss, etcetera) whom the lawyer is appearing before shall be publicly reprimanded along with the judge who knowingly accepts the money or equivalent. Do it again, disbarment. • Abolish lawyers’ groups that act as fronts for judicial patronization. Say goodbye to your annual Las Vegas junkets, judge and justice of the year awards, and fund-raising dinners for judges up for reelection. These groups benefit a handful of lawyers (you can guess the type) and represent the antithesis of justice. • Strengthen whistle blower protection to protect anyone who reports judicial misconduct. There is a reasonable perception that if you speak up, you will be retaliated against or harshly accused of seeking revenge. A few Ninth Circuit justices, including Kozinski, who was admonished for his collection of sexually explicit images, sanctioned lawyers who tried to disqualify a biased judge. Everyone in this country should be concerned about this level of oppression—trying to silence anyone who has the courage to question a biased judge. One underpinning of Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime was no one could criticize him. Through rulings, judges can display an all-pervading control of collective behavior and thought itself. Whistle blowers need our protection.
— July 26, 2016 1:54 p.m.

Another Filner case settled...sort of

City attorney Goldsmith has a history of wasting taxpayer money. Hopefully he won't hold another public office after this one. ... Attorney Cooper, quoted above, sounds like he's willing to say anything to protect his boss, even if it's not true. He claims Goldsmith didn't hire outside counsel, so he didn't spend taxpayer money. Really? Were all the city employees who worked on the case working for free? Then Cooper claims they "defended the city." But the city was liable (which is why it settled), so the city attorney shouldn't have spent years fighting it and wasting taxpayer money. The incompetence and untruthfullness coming out of this city attorney's office is embarrassing. And what does the city council do about it? Nothing.
— November 10, 2015 8:11 p.m.