Are Judicial Double Benefits Constitutional? Judges To Rule on Judges Benefits Round II #VB92
San Diego, CA Watch the unbelievable Court hearing where three Appellate Court Justices try to avoid making a decision on whether or not the Superior Court Judges in Los Angeles can continue to receive hundreds of millions of dollars illegally from the County of Los Angeles above and beyond their State salaries. FeaturesSterling Norris, Lead Attorney, Judicial Watch, Jones-Day AttorneyElwood Lui (former Appellate Court Justice) Paul Orfanedes, Director of Litigation for Judicial Watch, Appellate Court Justices Gilbert Nares, Judith Haller and Presiding Judge Tricia Benke and Full Disclosure Network’s® Leslie Dutton.
Judges Judging Judges:
This awkward court fight has judges pitted against judges. The Los Angeles Superior Court hired Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher one of the nation’s most prestigious law firms to fight to overturn the previous decision in November 2008 that found the double benefits of $300 million paid to L A Judges since 1987 were illegal. And, L A County would not take no for an answer, they hired Jones-Day one of the largest law firms in the world to continue the fight to give double benefits to the highest-paid judges in the nation. Apparently, the costly court fees for retrying the case is not an issue. There appears to be unlimited funds for the top legal beagles.