Here is an interesting little poll that enthusiasts of judicial reform might like to take to quiz themselves or others on problems involving the Noack vs YMCA case and judicial corruption in general. Poll your friends & family members on a rainy day; or, it could be fun to use in public parks & other safe pedestrian areas, at school, college campuses, with politicians & elected govt officials, etc. Need a school project? Extra credit for class? A scout project? Hmmm!
The questions and indications may be partially influenced by personal opinion and experiences; so, they may not be exact according to technical regulations, as they simply mesh with some person's own experiences. Check it out! You might alter it if you wish, but copyright on it is reserved in matters of publication. It's okay to use copies for your polling on this issue. Just don't sell it or publish it. Also, maybe do a test print on it, first: make sure the pages come out right & page-numbers are correct. If you send the link, you might help make a wildfire of good change in America!
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The questions and indications may be partially influenced by personal opinion and experiences; so, they may not be exact according to technical regulations, as they simply mesh with some person's own experiences. Check it out! You might alter it if you wish, but copyright on it is reserved in matters of publication. It's okay to use copies for your polling on this issue. Just don't sell it or publish it. Also, maybe do a test print on it, first: make sure the pages come out right & page-numbers are correct. If you send the link, you might help make a wildfire of good change in America!
If it looks nice,...Grab your clipboard!!
U.S. JUDICIAL CORRUPTION POLL
YES NO
1 ___ ___ Do you think U.S. Courts are honest?
2 ___ ___ Are the courts’ results & outcomes FAIR (in your opinion)?
3 ___ ___ In your own opinion, is there much intentional corruption in U.S. courts…..
___ on the part of the parties involved?
___ on the part of the attorneys involved?
___ on the part of the judges?
4 ___ ___ Do you think judicial outcomes are prejudiced based on…..
___ race? -- If so, is that very little, somewhat, or much? (circle)
___ gender? -- If so, … very little, somewhat, or much? (circle)
___ religion? -- If so, … very little, somewhat, or much? (circle)
5 ___ ___ Do you believe the decisions of judges are ever motivated by factors other than the facts?
If so, what other factors motivate them?
___ personal biases ___ business or financial interests ___ professional connections
___ other (explain) ___________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
6 ___ ___ Do witnesses ever lie?
If so, do you believe they lie…..seldom, often, or in between in frequency? (circle)
7 ___ ___ Do you think it really makes any difference either in the outcomes or to the U.S. legal system as a whole?
8 ___ ___ Will a witness lie in order to save a job, career, or public image?
9 ___ ___ Do current safeguards give workers enough protection against retaliation by an unhappy employer if they tell
the truth in court in a way that makes the employer look bad?
If “NO”, why? ________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
P2.
YES NO
10 ___ ___ Do you know what “summary judgment” is?
“Summary judgment” is a procedural device often used in civil litigation to quickly dispose of a case without a jury trial.
Technically, it is only supposed to be used when there is no longer any dispute (whatsoever) about the material facts of the
case (as opposed to “trivial” facts not affecting the outcome). The granting of summary judgment results in an automatic,
favorable judgment to the party/-ies asking for it.
11 ___ ___ IF perjury is shown to be likely to have occurred in court testimony, do you think the perjurous party should
be automatically banned from seeking or gaining summary judgment?
12 ___ ___ Are you aware that the Bill of Rights – specifically the 7th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution – guarantees
citizens the right to a trial by jury in civil cases involving a value of $20 or more?
7th Amendment – “In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial
by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than
according to the rules of the common law.”
13 ___ ___ Are you aware that judges sometimes ignore the 7th Amendment and put litigants out of court based on
the judges’ own decisions, without a jury trial, via “summary judgment”?
14 ___ ___ Did you know this may even be done simply to limit the number of jury trials, regardless of the rights granted
to citizens by the U.S. Constitution itself (as shown above)?
15 ___ ___ Do you think it possible that over-eager or corrupt judges may trample the rights of valid litigants via
summary judgment?
16 ___ ___ Could summary judgment, then, ever hurt anyone wrongly and/or significantly (- including the poor and
defenseless in society who cannot afford adequate legal representation)?
17 ___ ___ Could dismissing one side in a lawsuit, without a trial, be a means or invitation to corruption on the part of the
judges, attorneys, or wealthy litigants involved in such a lawsuit?
18 ___ ___ Does that really matter?
19 ___ ___ Did you know federal judges do not have to state a reason “why” they decide for or against a legal motion made
by one party or the other in their courts?
P3.
YES NO
20 ___ ___ Federal judges have at times simply ignored the Law, sworn testimony & other important evidence, the U.S.
Constitution, & current legal precedents (– some set previously in their very own courts).
- Is that okay with you?
21 ___ ___ Do you believe other government officials have any authority to do anything about this problem?
22 ___ ___ Are you aware that the president, vice president, all members of Congress (House & Senate) and all federal
judges & Supreme Court justices…take an oath to uphold or support the U.S. Constitution when taking office?
23 ___ ___ Is that unimportant to you, important to you, or highly important to you? (circle choice)
24 ___ ___ Did you know those oaths evidently have not been kept, despite the political banter by some politicians about
having a pro-Constitution stance?
25 ___ ___ Do you realize that Supreme Court justices are also obligated by oath to uphold the Law; yet, again,
apparently do not do so in all cases?
26 ___ ___ Do you realize that even when the Supreme Court knows of a situation brought to them in which some lower
court/s disregarded the Law or the Constitution, they sometimes refuse to review and correct the errant
ruling simply because they don’t want to bother with the case?
27 ___ ___ When a worker makes a complaint to a labor board, they are supposed to investigate.
Did you know that the government sometimes merely contacts the employer, the employer’s legal counsel
replies, and that it may all simply end there without the labor investigator asking any questions of any
witnesses who work for the employer?
(The case may then simply be closed as “inconclusive” on the sole word of the employer
leadership or their attorney, and if the complainant is poor, they may simply be “out of luck”
if they cannotafford an attorney, with district judges not being obligated to appoint them one.)
P4.
YES NO
28 ___ ___ Is that a fair trade-off, instead of a govt. investigator actually questioning the witnesses?
29 ___ ___ (In a labor dispute), if it has been proven that someone still working for the employer has actually lied to the
investigator in an effort to influence the findings, should it result in there being something like automatic
penalties, a deeper investigation, etc.; or, should the government simply regard it as not worth the effort to
rectify the matter even if it did unduly influence the outcome of the investigation?
30 ___ ___ Are you aware that a popular, well-known employer has quite evidently lied to both the labor investigator and
also in court affidavit testimony (each shown by documented evidence), and that no govt. official has expressed
interest (to the victim) in taking any remedial action, whatsoever, although the actual labor investigator,
the state attorney general, the governor, the U.S. president, and the victim’s own state and federal House and
Senate officials have been made aware of the problem?
(In fact, one U.S. Senator has lamented his inability to do anything about the problem of
the judicial corruption, considering it a judicial problem, even though the Senate is able to
investigate and take up impeachment proceedings against corrupt judges and those who
violate their oaths of office.)
31 ___ ___ Do you think govt. corruption & apathy about the illegal behaviors mentioned above should become a
political issue this election year?
32 ___ ___ Has this poll significantly increased your awareness of judicial corruption being a real problem confronting
ordinary Americans?
Thanks for taking this survey!
You may find more info. about what has been mentioned here by going
to the website “Supremely UNjust”, at http://www.SupremelyUNjust.weebly.com.
YES NO
1 ___ ___ Do you think U.S. Courts are honest?
2 ___ ___ Are the courts’ results & outcomes FAIR (in your opinion)?
3 ___ ___ In your own opinion, is there much intentional corruption in U.S. courts…..
___ on the part of the parties involved?
___ on the part of the attorneys involved?
___ on the part of the judges?
4 ___ ___ Do you think judicial outcomes are prejudiced based on…..
___ race? -- If so, is that very little, somewhat, or much? (circle)
___ gender? -- If so, … very little, somewhat, or much? (circle)
___ religion? -- If so, … very little, somewhat, or much? (circle)
5 ___ ___ Do you believe the decisions of judges are ever motivated by factors other than the facts?
If so, what other factors motivate them?
___ personal biases ___ business or financial interests ___ professional connections
___ other (explain) ___________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
6 ___ ___ Do witnesses ever lie?
If so, do you believe they lie…..seldom, often, or in between in frequency? (circle)
7 ___ ___ Do you think it really makes any difference either in the outcomes or to the U.S. legal system as a whole?
8 ___ ___ Will a witness lie in order to save a job, career, or public image?
9 ___ ___ Do current safeguards give workers enough protection against retaliation by an unhappy employer if they tell
the truth in court in a way that makes the employer look bad?
If “NO”, why? ________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
P2.
YES NO
10 ___ ___ Do you know what “summary judgment” is?
“Summary judgment” is a procedural device often used in civil litigation to quickly dispose of a case without a jury trial.
Technically, it is only supposed to be used when there is no longer any dispute (whatsoever) about the material facts of the
case (as opposed to “trivial” facts not affecting the outcome). The granting of summary judgment results in an automatic,
favorable judgment to the party/-ies asking for it.
11 ___ ___ IF perjury is shown to be likely to have occurred in court testimony, do you think the perjurous party should
be automatically banned from seeking or gaining summary judgment?
12 ___ ___ Are you aware that the Bill of Rights – specifically the 7th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution – guarantees
citizens the right to a trial by jury in civil cases involving a value of $20 or more?
7th Amendment – “In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial
by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than
according to the rules of the common law.”
13 ___ ___ Are you aware that judges sometimes ignore the 7th Amendment and put litigants out of court based on
the judges’ own decisions, without a jury trial, via “summary judgment”?
14 ___ ___ Did you know this may even be done simply to limit the number of jury trials, regardless of the rights granted
to citizens by the U.S. Constitution itself (as shown above)?
15 ___ ___ Do you think it possible that over-eager or corrupt judges may trample the rights of valid litigants via
summary judgment?
16 ___ ___ Could summary judgment, then, ever hurt anyone wrongly and/or significantly (- including the poor and
defenseless in society who cannot afford adequate legal representation)?
17 ___ ___ Could dismissing one side in a lawsuit, without a trial, be a means or invitation to corruption on the part of the
judges, attorneys, or wealthy litigants involved in such a lawsuit?
18 ___ ___ Does that really matter?
19 ___ ___ Did you know federal judges do not have to state a reason “why” they decide for or against a legal motion made
by one party or the other in their courts?
P3.
YES NO
20 ___ ___ Federal judges have at times simply ignored the Law, sworn testimony & other important evidence, the U.S.
Constitution, & current legal precedents (– some set previously in their very own courts).
- Is that okay with you?
21 ___ ___ Do you believe other government officials have any authority to do anything about this problem?
22 ___ ___ Are you aware that the president, vice president, all members of Congress (House & Senate) and all federal
judges & Supreme Court justices…take an oath to uphold or support the U.S. Constitution when taking office?
23 ___ ___ Is that unimportant to you, important to you, or highly important to you? (circle choice)
24 ___ ___ Did you know those oaths evidently have not been kept, despite the political banter by some politicians about
having a pro-Constitution stance?
25 ___ ___ Do you realize that Supreme Court justices are also obligated by oath to uphold the Law; yet, again,
apparently do not do so in all cases?
26 ___ ___ Do you realize that even when the Supreme Court knows of a situation brought to them in which some lower
court/s disregarded the Law or the Constitution, they sometimes refuse to review and correct the errant
ruling simply because they don’t want to bother with the case?
27 ___ ___ When a worker makes a complaint to a labor board, they are supposed to investigate.
Did you know that the government sometimes merely contacts the employer, the employer’s legal counsel
replies, and that it may all simply end there without the labor investigator asking any questions of any
witnesses who work for the employer?
(The case may then simply be closed as “inconclusive” on the sole word of the employer
leadership or their attorney, and if the complainant is poor, they may simply be “out of luck”
if they cannotafford an attorney, with district judges not being obligated to appoint them one.)
P4.
YES NO
28 ___ ___ Is that a fair trade-off, instead of a govt. investigator actually questioning the witnesses?
29 ___ ___ (In a labor dispute), if it has been proven that someone still working for the employer has actually lied to the
investigator in an effort to influence the findings, should it result in there being something like automatic
penalties, a deeper investigation, etc.; or, should the government simply regard it as not worth the effort to
rectify the matter even if it did unduly influence the outcome of the investigation?
30 ___ ___ Are you aware that a popular, well-known employer has quite evidently lied to both the labor investigator and
also in court affidavit testimony (each shown by documented evidence), and that no govt. official has expressed
interest (to the victim) in taking any remedial action, whatsoever, although the actual labor investigator,
the state attorney general, the governor, the U.S. president, and the victim’s own state and federal House and
Senate officials have been made aware of the problem?
(In fact, one U.S. Senator has lamented his inability to do anything about the problem of
the judicial corruption, considering it a judicial problem, even though the Senate is able to
investigate and take up impeachment proceedings against corrupt judges and those who
violate their oaths of office.)
31 ___ ___ Do you think govt. corruption & apathy about the illegal behaviors mentioned above should become a
political issue this election year?
32 ___ ___ Has this poll significantly increased your awareness of judicial corruption being a real problem confronting
ordinary Americans?
Thanks for taking this survey!
You may find more info. about what has been mentioned here by going
to the website “Supremely UNjust”, at http://www.SupremelyUNjust.weebly.com.
