There Will Be A Stop To Court-filibustering Antics, Says High Court To Lawyers

The thirty or so lawyers and judges executing worker compensation criminal cases have been warned by the US Chief Justice to stop messing around

. The justice told them that the courts can't be used to abuse public or private rights. The judge spoke from his bench and warned the participants that no further delays will be tolerated. It is not acceptable for the public displays of communication and delay to continue.

The chief justice did not single out any particular party. The conference order was issued after the attorney general blamed some judges for making the state's investigation and prosecution more difficult in alleged workers compensation crimes. Lawyers soon fought back, saying that the attorney general's comments were entirely out of order and uncalled for.

Speeding up the judicial processes and avoiding misuse of justice was the point of the conference according to the chief justice. Courts were told to move cases up on their calendars, and lawyers and judges were admonished to put worker compensation cases as a top priority. Courts could even enact special jury methods to ensure the quick trial of these cases.

Because three of the five Supreme Court Justices didn't sign the order, one lawyer said it wasn't valid. The order, which also employed a gag rule, only had one justice's signature. Any type of out-of-court statement made in order to alter public opinion mocks justice.

Judges and lawyers were reminded that they had vowed to ignore any personal differences they may have while in court. The judge reminded the court that there are grievance committees for the express purpose of handing such problems. The judges were then reminded that while due process must be allowed, the constitution gives the right to a speedy trial. Questions were allowed from the floor, but it was certainly clear there would be no audience for complaints or excuses about past events. The right arena would look into those problems.

There was one lawyer involved in a grand jury indictment case that stated media reporting and prosecution's public statements were not the same thing at all. According to him, the First Amendment protected his right to make public statements, and the Canons of ethics brought down the use of publicity. The counsel representing the former administrator in question from the workers compensation case said that no illegal measures had been taken and that no standing gag orders had been violated with what had been said.

An indicted lawyer's attorney said he wouldn't deny any of his client's rights just to be mean. Another indicted lawyer's counsel said he thought not commenting might be misconstrued as guilt. Another counselor said that the progression of the publicity given to workers compensation cases was increasing at an unstoppable rate. Yet another counselor reported his client is facing terrible effects from the negative publicity in his case.

by: Isabella Reed

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