Tuesday, November 11, 2014

A hypothetical for law students - is there a way to find an unknown address on a blind map?

Do you think it is possible to grant a summary judgment where jurisdiction depends on finding a property with an unknown address on a blind map?

You think not?  Think again.

In the case Martens v. Neroni (I wrote about what I consider open bribery of the presiding appellate judge by the New York State governor before the judge decided the case):


  • One administrative law judge for the DEC (who is on staff of the DEC and paid by the DEC - Molly McBride);
  • One DEC Commissioner acting as an Appellate Judge (Alexander "Pete" Grannis who is promulgating the rules as well as adjudicating them, and then is suing as a party to enforce his own rulings);
  • One Supreme Court Judge (Carl F. Becker); and
  • 5 Appellate Division Judges,

all in all 8 judicial or quasi-judicial officers have found that unknown address on that blind map and denied a civil rights attorney and her husband, a former attorney, their constitutional rights to a jury trial guaranteed by the Article I paragraph 2 of the New York State Constitution, as well as by the 7th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Why?

Because in law school law is all theory.

In the courtroom it is all practice.

And practice differs from theory in that there is no way a court will rule against the government, even if the government is sloppy, incompetent and commits fraud, and there is no way a court will rule in favor of an attorney who criticizes that court and that judge for judicial misconduct.

So - hang your J.D. diploma, take your bar exam, and then forget everything about the law and go work for the government.  You will never need any knowledge, you will get your salary and benefits for life without straining to get knowledge or please clients, and no attorney discipline will ever touch you.


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