…..AND CORRUPTION FOR ALL

Submitted By: dixiedarrow@icloud.com – Click to email about this post

Our Oregon constitution says – the voters get to select judges through the ballot process. Is this really true? NO. Up until now all persons running on the ballot for a judge position are running unopposed and have previously been selected by the governor!! Running unopposed means that these judges, whether or not anyone checks the box for them, are elected anyway.!! But it satisfies the law. And the governor continues to select judges for every court in Oregon. These judges agree to step down before their term is up. That means that every judge has already compromised themselves by this subterfuge. Doesn’t sound too good to me.!! doesn’t sound like democracy!!!

I have been checking on this again. A few days ago – I checked all judges on the Oregon Supreme Court. And they were previously selected by either Kate Brown or Tina Kotek. This means of course that all of them stepped down before their time was up, which makes it legal for the governor to select the another judge for that position. Then I found this article in the Willamette Week! www.wweek.com/news/dr-know/2025/10/26/why-do-oregon-judges-so-often-run-unopposed/

This article makes some good points about selection of judges. However, the journalist writing for Willamette Week says that it is “so common for judges to step down before their time is up,” doesn’t pass the smell test!! No that is not common at all and sends up a red flag!

I checked to see if there isn’t a review of judges performance. There should be! And there is!!! Yes, Oregon has a formal judicial review process to review cases and a separate commission to handle complaints against judges. The Oregon Court of Appeals is the primary body that reviews lower court cases, while the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability investigates complaints about judge conduct. Isn’t that good to know? OH! BUT WAIT……here is a link: medium.com/@pinkerton_69080/the-oregon-commission-on-judicial-fitness-and-disability-a-shield-for-corruption-457378d4df1e. This is commission is corrupt also!!!!! I just have to sigh!!!
Do we not all yearn for justice?
For the first time ever on the ballot there is a judicial opening where there are two candidates vying for this position: an incumbent, although it doesn’t say that and another person who doesn’t realize that he shouldn’t be there and is upsetting to the status quo. I am voting for that person.