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Understanding the Nature and Goals of Community Forums On Judicial Accountability:

Understanding the Nature and Goals of Community Forums On Judicial Accountability A CFOJA is the first step towards implementing certain judicial reform measures, consistent with the report and recommendations to come out of our 2008 Citizens’ Forum On Judicial Accountability. Email: forum@njcdlp.org Internet: http://50states.ning.com/ Page 1

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So what does it take to remain consistent with the Final Report and Recommendations of our 2008 Citizens’ Forum On Judicial Accountability? Page 2

Propose a shift . . .:

Propose a shift . . . . . . of America’s judicial oversight mechanisms to allow more direct citizen involvement in the resolution of judicial misconduct claims. Page 3

Justify that shift . . .:

Justify that shift . . . . . . based on balance of power considerations between average Americans and judges. Page 4

Make clear . . .:

Make clear . . . . . . that an imbalance of power results between judges and other Americans when judges directly or substantially control all the government processes for proving or disproving judicial misconduct. Page 5

Distinguish . . .:

Distinguish . . . our concern about imbalance of power from considerations of judicial corruption and related abuses of power Email: forum@njcdlp.org Internet: http://50states.ning.com/ Page 6

Getting the picture?:

Getting the picture? Right Wrong Wrong Page 7