- DO YOU KNOW THAT JUDGES, ESPECIALLY CRIMINAL COURT JUDGES, ARE THE MOST POWERFUL ELECTED OFFICIALS IN PHILADELPHIA?
- DO YOU KNOW WHO THOSE JUDGES ARE?
- DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS OR LACK THEREOF?
- DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR REPUTATION FOR BEING NOTORIOUSLY BIASED OR EMINENTLY FAIR?
- DO YOU KNOW WHICH OF THEM ARE RESPECTED BY DEFENSE AND PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS AND WHICH ARE NOT? AND DO YOU KNOW WHY?
- DO YOU KNOW THAT THE COURTROOMS BELONG TO YOU- NOT TO JUDGES- AND THAT JUDGES ARE THE TEMPORARY "TENANTS" OF THOSE COURTROOMS WHILE YOU ARE THE PERMANENT "LANDLORDS"?
Judging The Judges (JTJ) is a broad-based and politically nonpartisan coalition of organizations, lawyers, and primarily non-lawyers who will begin issuing public report cards about judges to highlight the good ones and expose the bad ones.
You are invited to apply to become a member of Judging The Judges (JTJ) simply by attending the next meeting:
Monday 10/22, 7:30 pm
Zion Baptist (Broad & Venango, in Philadelphia)