Helen Hoens and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey

July 16, 2011 at 12:15 P.M. Spacing between paragraphs was altered in this post and a possessive was removed from the text. A confession of guilt, perhaps? Let's see whether the spacing between paragraphs is altered, again. I will try to repair the harm done. New Jersey's response to obvious corruption and incompetence in the judiciary is censorship and efforts to prevent posting of my writings on-line through computer crime.

Who else would respond to criticisms of the courts except the judges' so-called "friends" at the OAE. Shame on you, Mr. Rabner. Tell your friends in other countries about this interesting situation of state criminality, censorship, and cyberwar in America. ("How censorship works in America.")

Charles Stile, "Opposed to High Court, but Keeping Options Open," in The Record, May 12, 2011, at p. L-1. (Influence peddling on the New Jersey Supreme Court.)

Bob Braun, "High Court Has Few to Rule on Schools," in The Star Ledger, May 16, 2011, at p. 1. (How much does Rabner need?)

Kibret Marcos, "Law Firm Hit With $950,000 Judgment in Passport Case," in The Record, May 11, 2011, at p. L-2. (Anybody want to buy a U.S. passport?)

Randal C. Archibald, "Cuban Government Outlining Steps Toward a Freer Market," in The New York Times, May 11, 2011, at p. A11. (Be on the side of positive change.)

Jonathan Fahey, "Investors Push Oil Over $100 a Barrel," in The Record, May 12, 2011, at p. L-7. (We will be in Iraq a long time.)

A school funding case is pending before the New Jersey Supreme Court that will allow the few justices who have not been disqualified (and at least two justices who should be disqualified!) to decide school finance issues that will permit their friends or former members of the court, allegedly, to benefit in material ways from how money is spent in the state. This is the now familiar "Jersey shuffle."

Several justices in Trenton are rumored to be on the take or subject to "influence" by the mafia or political bosses (same thing?) who will make a great deal of money based on the justices' tainted decisions. As Bob Braun has noted, Associate Justice Helen Hoens -- a former insurance company defense attorney and Republican "wanna-be" -- has refused to recuse herself from this controversial case even as her husband "works for" Christopher Christie's increasingly suspect administration. Mr. Christie offers government of (and for) the "money" interests in the state.("Trenton's Nasty Lesbian Love-Fest!" and "Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!")

Ms. Hoens' obvious affiliations with Republicans, presumably, would not affect her decisions nor would any money paid to Ms. Hoens' husband, Robert Swanenberg, a "journalist" who (again) "works for" the N.J. governor in some unspecified capacity, nor will this political "closeness" affect the justice's reasoning, or her sympathies -- allegedly.

This disgraceful situation which obviously carries the "appearance" of impropriety and the reality of a conflict of interest for this much-stained tribunal -- and the state's failed judiciary -- will be ignored by one and all of the members of the court as they comment on the "ethics" of others in their profession. ("Stuart Rabner and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "Sybil R. Moses and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary" then "No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!")

Any decision by this soiled court -- New Jersey's Supreme Court -- is potentially illegitimate. ("New Jersey's Supreme Court Implosion" and "New Jersey's Feces-Covered Supreme Court" then "Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "Jaynee LaVecchia and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")

Only 5 of 7 justices are available for this decision. One of the so-called "justices" -- Edwin Stern -- is rumored to be a cantor at Mr. Rabner's Synagogue in Short Hills. This may or may not be true. Mr. Stern's appointment certainly bypassed "confirmation" by the state Senate as required by the N.J. constitution. Mr. Stern was "appointed" and confirmed by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, who may appoint his rabbi to the judicial bench next week in order to ease his burdens.

" ... 'If it's a 3-0 decision, or even a 3-2 decision, I'm sure the governor will use those numbers against the court if it goes against him,' says Paul Tractenberg, a professor of constitutional law at Rutgers Law School in Newark."

Wisely, Mr. Christie has not ruled out defying this illegitimate court or its "sordid and self-serving" decisions and comments. Wash your hands with disinfectant if you have to shake hands with any of these people on the New Jersey Supreme Court -- and hang on to your wallet. ("New Jersey's Legal System is a Whore House" and "New Jersey's Judges Embarass America.")

Mr. Rabner " ... was Gov. Jon Corzine's counsel and attorney general and helped write the School Aid Reform Act." If Mr. Rabner recuses himself, Mr. Stern will no doubt cast his vote on Chief Justice Rabner's behalf. You get two bites at the apple, Stuart.

Ms. Hoens is up for tenure reappointment in Christie's first term and is a loyal Republican, also her husband is on the GOP team and may "report" in the media on the Christie administration. Mr. Christie does not wish to lose these valuable allies.

Ms. Hoens should step down in this matter. Wallace and Rivera-Soto are now, mercifully, gone already for all practical purposes. Virginia Long has refused to decide in this $1.6 BILLION controversy. Rumors of payoffs are swirling. Mr. Rabner, is this typical behavior on your court an example of New Jersey's legal ethics? ("Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")