N.J.'s Chris Christie Sells His Soul.

May 5, 2011 at 7:10 P.M. New "errors" inserted since this morning in an attempt to intimidate me from noting New Jersey's disgusting levels of corruption. Keep it up, Mr. McGill. ("New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")

May 5, 2011 at 10:55 A.M. Feliz 5 de Mayo ... "All You Need is Love" was altered as to spacing in one sentence and a single letter was deleted from a name. "'Inception': A Movie Review" was altered as to spacing in the list of sources. My security system is still disabled. No e-mails can be sent or received by me. No images can be posted at these blogs. My book is still suppressed by Lulu. Tampering with these texts takes place, every day, harrassing phone calls are common. Any death threats today, New Jersey? One letter was deleted from this essay overnight. I have now corrected this inserted "error."

May 4, 2011 at 10:56 A.M. Attempts to post this essay will be obstructed and "errors" will be inserted, repeatedly, as part of New Jersey's continuing cybercrime campaign against these writings and me. This is yet further proof of the level of illegality and unconstitutionality in New Jersey's legal-political circles. I will struggle to continue writing from some location in the city.

One of the great disappointments of time's passage is the loss or destruction of one's political hopes associated with prominent figures appearing on the scene, briefly, offering genuine possibilities of reform, then lapsing into the usual mediocrity.

Governor Christie's journey is illustrative in this regard. I am not willing to give up on Chris Christie just yet. Maybe Ms. Guardagno will pass along this information after her next "secret" visit to these blogs. The censorship and all violations of copyright at my blogs is only possible with the cooperation of state government in New Jersey. I wonder why they are trying to silence me? Guilty conscience, fellas?

Mr. Christie's seeming retreat on the recent Trenton Supreme Court battles is sad, but even more dismaying is the decision to offer an additional $1 BILLION to the thieves (there is no other word for these people) associated with the Xanadu disaster.

There may be -- in fact, I hope that this is true -- no other part of the country where $2 billion spent fails to produce a completed shopping mall. Tossing another $1 billion at the project amounts to bribing the mafia to complete a construction effort that should have cost about one-third as much as has already been spent and should have been completed years ago. ("New Jersey's Xanadu Mess" and "Cement is Gold.")

The politicizing of the Garden State's judiciary is equally sad and reflective of recent abandonments of our Constitutional tradition. ("New Jersey's Supreme Court Implosion.")

"After a long battle over an appointment to the New Jersey Supreme Court, Gov. Chris Christie and Democrats in the state Senate reached a truce of sorts on Monday, agreeing to have the governor's nominee considered for a difficult vacancy."

"Last year, Mr. Christie, a Republican, broke with tradition and did not reappoint Justice John E. Wallace, Jr. [good decision, Mr. Christie!] when the justice's seven-year term expired. Instead he renominated Anne M. Patterson, a corporate lawyer. Democrats who controlled the Senate also defied precedent, refusing to consider the nomination until March 2012, when Wallace will turn 70, the court's mandated retirement age."

"With the deal, Mr. Christie withdrew Ms. Patterson's nomination and instead nominated her for another seat on the bench that will become vacant on Sept. 1. Stephen M. Sweeney, the Senate president, said an up-or-down vote would be taken this month." (See the forthcoming essay: "Is Stephen M. Sweeeney, Esq. a Liar?")

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has warned of the political control of judges and loss of independence in decision-making, N.J. being the worst example of this terrible failure of American institutions. ("New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" and "New Jersey's Supreme Court Implosion" then "New Jersey's Failed Judiciary.")

"Mr. Christie has called the court too liberal and activist, particularly in a long series of rulings mandating more money for poor, urban schools based on language in the state's constitution. The court is expected to rule soon on the latest version of that fight." ("New Jersey's Feces-Covered Supreme Court" and "Law and Ethics in the Soprano State.")

"In a visit to Harvard University on Friday, the governor called New Jersey's justices 'the kings and queens of legislation from the bench.' He will have at least four chances to name justices during his four-year-term, allowing him to remake the court significantly."

The Chief Justice's decision to usurp the executive's appointment power is indeed unconstitutional -- as noted by Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto -- and it is also in breach of the Canons of Judicial Ethics of New Jersey as a blatant example of partisanship as well as illegality on the part of the person responsible for judging the ethics of others.

This action by Mr. Rabner is truly shameful because it is yet another betrayal of Rabner's forgotten judicial oath. ("Stuart Rabner and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!")

The goal was for Rabner to give himself another vote on the Supreme Court through an acolyte that he could control, Mr. Stern -- an undistinguished judge who may worship with Mr. Rabner at his local Temple in Short Hills -- but who is otherwise lacking in constitutional authority to sit on the state's highest court or vote on life-or-death matters affecting the people who have not elected Stern to any office.

Lawyers in the state whisper that this is an attempt by Rabner to cover-up "something or get help with a problem," possibly my little situation in which the cover-up seems to be unravelling. All of this makes the relationships between the justices on one "side" of the issues a bit too cozy and shady. ("New Jersey's Supreme Court Implosion" and "Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" then "New Jersey Prosecutors and the Mafia" and "Sybil R. Moses and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")

"It has been called the ugliest buidling in New Jersey and maybe in America," -- the New Jersey Supreme Court building is only morally repulsive whereas the Xanadu "mall" is physically hideous -- "has bedeviled three generations of governors and has burned through two developers. Despite $1.9 BILLION spent, it is still an unfinished pile of concrete, steel and garish pastel panels. ..." ("Da Jersey Code.")

"Now, Gov. Chris Christie and the developers of the Mall of America have struck a deal to pour $1 BILLION more" -- for a total of $3 BILLION when all is said and done! -- "in hopes of reviving the oft-ridiculed Xanadu Meadowlands Complex, according to people involved in the talks."

Chris Christie's presidential hopes may require that he bribe the mafia with a billion dollars that will allow the governor to claim that only he could have completed the infamous project that is this never-to-be-profitable mall in the Meadowlands even at the cost of his political intregrity. Congratulations, Chris. ("Is Christopher Christie the New Elvis?" and "Will Chris Christie End the Nightmare?")

Christopher Christie, like Sweeney, Rabner, Rivera-Soto, Menendez, Stern, Codey and so many other visibly "tainted" political figures in New Jersey are members of the bar association. Ethics, Mr. Christie? After the twenty-first year of this criminality, censorship and lies as well as cover-ups, do you speak to me of ethics, "ladies and gentlemen"?

Sources:

Richard Perez-Pena, "Legislators and Christie Reach Deal In Court Fight," in The New York Times, May 3, 2011, at p. A18. (Slimy deals further politicizing N.J.'s Supreme Court.)

Richard Perez-Pena, "In Deputy's Arrest on Drug and Assault Charges, Another Crisis for Trenton Mayor," in The New York Times, May 3, 2011, at p. A13. (Heroin possession and possible drug dealing by deputy mayor and typical member of the N.J. bar. A letter in the title to this article was altered overnight on the first day when I posted this essay. Please copy the essay immediately.)

"From Secrecy to Absurdity: Treating Leaked Guantanamo Files as Still Classified is Unfair and Invites Injustice," (Editorial) in The New York Times, May 2, 2011, at p. A26.

Alexei Barionuevo, "Ernesto Sabato, Argentina's Conscience, Is Dead at 99," in The New York Times, May 2, 2011, at p. A25. (Will America comment on the "disappeared" at Guantanamo? Several detainees have "died" or been "murdered" at America's concentration camp. "Is Senator Bob 'For' Human Rights?")

Peter Baker & Helene Cooper, "Bin Laden Killed by U.S. Forces in Pakistan, Obama Says, Declaring Justice Has Been Done," in The New York Times, May 2, 2011, at p. A1.

Charles V. Bagli & Richard Perez-Pena, "For Xanadu Mall, Stalled and Scorned, Deal May Offer New Life," in The New York Times, April 29, 2011, at p. A1. ($1 BILLION for the Mafia.)