J.A.I.L. 4 Judges
J.A.I.L. 4 Judges or the
Judicial Accountability Initiative Law, is a single issue national grassroots political reform movement started by
Ron Branson of
California,
United States. The movement asserts there is rampant judicial corruption in the legal system of the United States.
J.A.I.L. 4 Judges argues that correction of this alleged judicial corruption can only be achieved through making the Judicial Branch of government accountable to an entity other than itself.
They argue that accountability to the people will be achieved by the creation of special grand juries dedicated to this purpose. These people, who would not be officers of any other branch of government or members of the
bar association, would be selected by lottery for limited terms. Complaints would come before them only after every other legal remedy has been attempted. They would have the power to strip judges of judicial immunity if they were the subject of civil complaints and to investigate, indict and initiate criminal prosecution of judges. The granting of such power to these special grand juries can only be accomplished through amendment to the constitutions of each state. Since there is a need for these juries on the federal level there is also a provision for a federal J.A.I.L. Bill.
J.A.I.L. 4 Judges argues that since there are vested interests in the status quo and because it is human nature for people to seek more power and against it to surrender it, passage of more than cosmetic reform will require the initiative process.
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Judicial activism*
J.A.I.L. 4 Judges National Website*
J.A.I.L. 4 Judges Florida Website*
Rushmore to Judgment: South Dakota ups the ante in the national war over judges. Bert Brandenburg,
Slate.com, March 14, 2006.
