Grand Jury Matters
Contributed by Vlastic Marek
When Alaska state was created, it was decided that Judges will not be elected but instead appointed by Governor out of, and only out of, nominations presented by Judicial Council with permanent majority of lawyers. It was hoped that by insulating Judges from politics, they will be free to rule by the law and nothing else.
Regrettably lawyer profession – in close resemblance to the first profession – holds no principles or convictions of its own but is for hire and used to twisting words to get whatever desired.
From bailing out perjurer judge Murphy, to torturing senator Lora Rainbold with frivolous lawsuit, this grand experiment failed in its entirety. Unable of self-correction this left only constitutionally created Grand Jury to investigate government mischief.
And so, it was until our Supreme court decided, just this last Friday, that people do not have right to approach grand jury but are required to give all the evidence of corruption to the government first which will then decide if there is enough evidence to prosecute itself.
This Supreme court decision misinterprets Article I, section 8, of Alaska Constitution, violates separation of powers, contradicts historical practice, misapplies precedent O’Leary v. Superior court, not to mention logical inconsistency in turn effectively nullifying Grand Jury constitutional role as an independent investigating body.
The case number is 3AN-22-0000 1GC, under the name Thomas Garber. S18611
As you ponder how we went from one Governor creating Permanent Fund to Governor Walker stealing it, it may help to realize we currently do not pay income tax or sale tax in Alaska and we just in the way to all that oil money.
It is extremely important we choose the right governor to fix this abuse and so far, only borough mayor Edna DeVries has shown action instead of talk. When Supreme court violates constitution there are no courts to go to. This is now day 4 of constitutional crisis, Thanksgiving gift from our Supreme court.