LETTERS
To the Editor:

Searching for election information concerning the Georgia Supreme Court, I happened across a quote attributed as follows: "State high court justice has challenger "

Athens Banner-Herald, 7/2006

"Of course judges must remain independent. But this does not mean independence from the people who elect them. This is why the authors of Georgia's Constitution decided on an elective judiciary in the first place."

I must take issue with the phrase "does not mean independence from the people who elect them."

This should have read "does not mean independence from the consequences of a willful disregard of procedural due process". It is the duty of the citizen to be cognizant of this issue and vote accordingly.

The "will" of the people, when that "will" is governed by a mob or radical mentality, should never be allowed to dissuade a judge, even when his ruling may be unpopular. Judges, from the local magistrate to the Justices of the Supreme Court, must comply with the law as given by the legislature, both in the governing of their own conduct and in the administration of cases before them. If they do not find a law is unconstitutional, they may not disregard it.

The current crop of Jesters seated in Atlanta have failed, and failed miserably, to keep themselves and lower court judges in line with our Constitution and the Laws of our State. They now hold, contrary to the plain language of our law and Constitution, that a judgment void either on its face or as lacking procedural due process MUST be appealed as if it were "merely erroneous"! See 2006 Ga. LEXIS 351. Not only did they do that, but they completely ignored the FIRST procedural duty commanded them by our Constitution, to construe the meaning of a constitutional provision, a procedural due process violation in itself. The result is simple, you no longer may exercise the power to prosecute for a crime reserved to the citizens of this State that is found in Art. I, sec. I, par. XII!

What exactly does this mean? It means that the current Jesters of the Supreme Court of Georgia are actively obstructing a criminal prosecution and committing acts of theft. See O.C.G.A. 16-8-2. They, and their lower court colleges, have subverted our laws and turned them to an instrument of plunder. They have become thieves in black robes!

Will Mike Wiggins become just another "good ol' boy", a member of the judicial mutual admiration society, or will he be a Justice? I now know what infest the Georgia Supreme Court, so, at this point I and my family shall take a chance on Mr. Mike Wiggins for Justice of the Supreme Court. I only hope that the rest of the voters will understand what their Court has become. "By their fruits ye shall know them."

Paul L. Nally Former Judge