This week on The Fringe I examine the problem of “secret” closed courts in the family court system. Who is watching what these judiciaries are doing if the press is kicked out of the courtroom? Why are judges allowed to treat their courtrooms like personal kingdoms?
Just this week, other members of the media and I were kicked out of two courtrooms that should have been open to the public, one was even a criminal bond hearing! There is no excuse for this secretive behavior by judges who are brazenly ignoring not only the U.S. Constitution that requires public trials but state Constitutions that say courts “shall be open.” And yes, they do this under the cover of legislation allowing them to do it for the “privacy of the child” but it violates the Constitutional right to open courts. Those laws should be challenged. Judge Judy allowed press into her family courtroom when she was a family court judge in New York. Judges with nothing to hide don’t keep media from watching them.
Why don’t we put body cams on judges to make sure they aren’t violating the rights of the citizens standing before them who are at the mercy of the court? If the press is not allowed to monitor judges’ behavior on the bench, who will? Join me on this week’s podcast to dive deep into the problem of closed courts.
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The courts could care less about the child or about the 2 parties standing in front of them. They are only concerned about their own revenue source. Until judges are held liable for following Federal mandates and rules regarding Title IV Section D Federal kickbacks (based on the amount of Child Support collected) there will be no equality or justice in Family Courts. Federal fraud is a felony and should be treated as such. Judges should be held liable and accountable. But the revenue stream to the State is so large the State looks the other way. Everyone in the system knows the abuse and fraud is on-going but does nothing to stop it. Nobody wants to be responsible for killing the golden goose, as it would destroy State budgets. If the State does nothing the Federal Government should enforce its’ own rules and regs and force States into compliance. This is multi $BILLIONS every year in fraud.