Down at the county bar, everyone contributes to everyone, especially in relatively insular places like Pinellas. That just doesn't cut any ice with me. Besides, if I'm Greer, and I'm being asked to sell this lady down the river, I think I'd ask for a bit more than the $400 or whatever he got last time around.
of course...HE NEVER WENT TO VISIT HER
It would be highly unusual if he had. What was he supposed to do, get out a stethoscope and pretend to be a doctor? Of course not - the advocates for each side bring in their evidence, and he evaluates it. This happens thousands of times a day in hundreds of courtrooms across the nation, and nowhere else is is suggested that judges should hunker down and pretend to be something they're not. Hell, David Souter was asking about iPods last week in the Grokster hearing, and he probably doesn't even own one, and never has.
HE FAILED TO APPEAR AT THREE SEPARATE DEPOSITIONS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS ACTIONS AS GUARDIAN, COURT SANCTIONED DEPOSITIONS, FOR WHICH GREER NEVER HELD MICHAEL ACCOUNTABLE FOR.
Contempt is a matter of discretion. Always has been. Presumably you'll do things differently when you're on the bench, but this one still falls squarely within the arena of judge's discretion.
LOTS of JUDGES VISIT under circumstances where they serve as the principle's voice in court (Terri did not have her own attorney). Judge Nepoloitano just stated that he OFTEN VISITED people in this type of circumstance!
Even greer, who is legally blind, for real, is capable of seeing and HEARING Terri respond to her parents. That is not rocket science.
And LOTS OF JUDGES go to see their wards....and TERRI was greers WARD as he stated HE would REPRESENT Terri in the court and that HE would be the FINDER OF FACT!
Oh yeah....
And, er, YOU FAILED to comment on the guardian GREER FIRED because he did NOT LIKE THE REPORT regarding Michael MISTREATING Terri and greer REALLY hated attn Pearse's (guardian ad litem for Terri) REQUESTING a REINSTATEMENT of THERAPYS for Terri.
Why..........THE NERVE OF that guardian ad litem suggesting that! Greer shut THAT DOWN FAST!
"This loss happened because our legal system did not protect the people who need protection most, and that will change. The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior, but not today. Today we grieve, we pray, and we hope to God this fate never befalls another." - House Republican Leader Tom DeLay."
And though you're apparently in the "law business," you should not be surpised at the movement afoot that's unfolding to scrutinize the judiciary in ways perhaps never before seen. You may even see a few judicial committee hearings empaneled that will elicit accountability, as well as some judicial impeachments because, as you know, the judiciary is a co-equal NOT superior branch of our government, at least the last time I checked.