Proposed Minnesota Judicial Reform 1 of 2

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In two previous articles I wrote regarding the formation of  TEA Party Transparency, Accountability and Reform (TAR)group. In another article, I wrote about some suggested readings to understand the extent of the problem of judicialcorruption in Minnesota. This document represents 5 years of drafting and redrafting of individual proposals to address specific area of reform, many of which were contained in the last bienniums bills HR 1632 Minnesota Judicial Reform and Accountability. This is the current iteration of one avenue of Judicial Reform that TPTAR's Judiciary committee ispursuing.

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Synopsis and Comment

Table of Contents

Introduction...............................................

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Judge Performance and Candidate

Qualification Evaluation Board.................. 1

Judge Accountability - Judge Oversight

Board......................................................... 2

Common Sense Board................................

................................................................... 3

Public Financing of Judge Election................

Campaigns at no cost to Taxpayers............ 4

Judge elections by vote of the people...........

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Prohibition on gratuities for judges and

judicial branch Employees........................... 8

Rule of Judicial Immunity abrogated.............

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Right of citizens to get a grand jury

investigation................................................. 9

Requirement for judges to follow court rules

of Procedure.................................................10

Requirement for judges to follow the

Constitution and the law................................10

Prohibition on tampering with transcripts and

Evidence........................................................11

Court administrator controlled court video

and sound recordings.................................... 12

District court decisions by elected judges only.

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Certification of decisions and orders by judges

.........................................................................13

Code of Ethics for the judicial branch of

government...................................................... 13

New bar examination and lawyer licensing

Board................................................................ 14

Lawyer Oversight Board.....................................

...........................................................................15

Limitations on jailing a person in a civil

proceeding without bail or a trial........................ 15

Prevention of wrongful termination of parental

Custody...............................................................16

Right of parent to meaningful visitation with

their child; family Conciliation Court.....................17

Right to criticize judges; retaliation Prohibited.....

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Enforcement of penalties against judges by a

pay Cutoff........................................................ ....19

Attorney’s fees paid all or in part by Loser............

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 This is an excerpt for an article I wrote at Examiner.com

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PROPOSED GROUPINGS FOR JUDICIAL REFORM BILLS

Group 1 -         Judge Performance and Candidate Qualification Board Public Financing of Judge Election Campaigns at no cost to taxpayers Right of Citizens to get a grand jury investigation Right to criticize judges; retaliation prohibited Enforcement of penalties against by a pay cutoff...."

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Don Mashak
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