July 4, 2005
United States Senator
Barack Obama
230 S. Dearborn St., Suite 3900
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Dear Senator:
When Justice O’Connor resigned, you presented President Bush with a challenge. WMAQ-TV (Dick Kay) refers to you making a statement about whom President Bush should think about appointing. You state, in part, “…just a judge who is in the mainstream of judicial thinking.” Is “mainstream judicial thinking” presented here, in your backyard? I challenge you to provide a template for President Bush of what “mainstream judicial thinking” look like, and with a similar public statement of the issues presented here in this writing and the attachments.
What is “mainstream judicial thinking” to you? Does the judicial processes of the Daley Center, as described in my writings, illustrate your “mainstream judicial thinking”? Along with this “mainstream judicial thinking”, should an entity such as the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission decide to arbitrarily investigate complaints exclusively and according to decisions of courts and other judicial and social entities or should they objectively investigate issues brought by the general public? Should the Judicial Inquiry Board arbitrarily and subjectively discriminate according to nepotism, friendships, and personal relationships? Should Judicial Supervisors and Administrators have more of a “hand-on” approach to Judicial Discipline or Inquiry?
Mr. Obama, I believe you are not only the U.S. Senator of Illinois, but for all the people. Some of these questions can be answered through the legislative processes, but how would the legislators know what to address if not for its public. I know you have people working for you that are better qualified to investigate matters such as I have presented. If you can suggest to President Bush a thought about “mainstream judicial thinking” I think you can illustrate what this would like if you request “mainstream judicial thinking” out of the individuals who are right down the street from your Chicago office.
The people of Illinois have a right to expect a fair and impartial judicial process without hindrance from individuals who are “officers of the court.” The people of Illinois have a right to expect entities promoted by the Illinois Constitution and Supreme Court to investigate issues brought by the public and the layman to sponsor and encourage fairness and justice for all. The Judicial Inquiry Board and the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission do not promote fairness and justice. An entity cannot monitor itself. It appears as if they protect their “friendships” and “loyalties”. Many of them took the same oaths of office (attorneys). The layperson does not have a chance against oppression and discrimination from these entities.
Can you make a public statement about the “mainstream judicial thinking” of the Daley Center, the Judicial Inquiry Board, and the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, which surround your immediate existence in the Chicago downtown area? I believe to believable one must practice what they preach.
Respectfully submitted,
Fred Nance Jr., ABD, MA, CADC, NCRS
http://www.clickservices.org/ (posting)
cc: Judicial Inquiry Board; Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission; Reuters News; Associated Press; Operation Push; Cook County Department of Supportive Services; USA Today; Chicago Tribune; Honorable Judge Timothy Evans; Honorable Judge Henry Budzinski; Attorneys Theresa Ceko (Loyola University Community Law Center) and Michael Bergmann (Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation)
