Tagged: intentional deprivation of rights under the color of law

Each justice or judge of the United States takes the following oath or affirmation before performing the duties of his/her office: “I, XXX XXX, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as XXX under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.”

Source: 28 U.S.C. § 453.

Article II, Section IV of the U.S. Constitution states: “The President, Vice-President, and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and connection of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.”

key words: “other high crimes and misdemeanors.”

Article III of the U. S. Constitution “preserves the independence of judges in their decision making process.”

Source: Burkeley N. Riggs and Tamera D. Westerberg, Judicial Independence: An Historical Perspective The Independence of Judges Is…Requisite to Guard the Constitution and the Rights of the Individuals…74 Denv. U. L. Rev. 337, 338 (1997) (citing Roger Handberg, Judicial Accountability and Independence: Balancing Incompatibles?, 48 U. Miami L. Rev. 127, 130 (1994) (stating that “[J]udicial independence refers to the notion that judges may have physical and emotional space to render impartial decisions, without fear of retribution (either formal or informal) for unpopular, yet sound, decisions.”))

“A judge should accord to every person who has a legal interest in a proceeding, and that person’s lawyer, the full right to be heard according to law.”

Source: Judicial Code of Conduct, Canon 3(4)(A).