In the mid 1990’s Howard Dean adopted a policy of appointing judges willing to subvert the Bill of Rights in favor of common sense. See Governor Court Picks Stir Critics, Rutland Herald, July, 30, 1997. Keeping true to his promise Dean appointed two Judges within months of his infamous declaration; Judge Nancy Corsones and Judge Patricia Zimmerman.

These jurists engineered a plan to ban unpopular reporters and critics from Vermont courthouses for life. The State of Vermont just settled a suit against one of these banished “citizen-reporters” for 0,000. In a state with a tiny population of 500,000 this is a significant award. This figure doesn’t include the labor invested by Dean’s best friend and top appointee Attorney General William Sorrell’s six years of plundering the Vermont Attorney General’s office budget to defend and support this highly unconstitutional behavior.

The two Dean appointed judges however were dismissed from the case because of judicial immunity. The courts found only lower level non-judge employees could be held accountable.



http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2005/12/20/man_barred_from_courthouse_by_state_awarded_200000/

http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051220/NEWS/512200367/1002

http://www.benningtonbanner.com/localnews/ci_3330056

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Dean and his top appointee, Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell, have fought viscously to seal Dean’s gubernatorial records and the dirt that resides therein. Hard to say how long the State of Vermont will be paying for the blunders and outright illegal behavior of Howard Dean. There are more lawsuits out there arising out of the behavior of top Dean appointees. Its only a matter of time before Dean’s legacy in Vermont is revealed as one of the biggest failures in modern politics.

See also…

http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2003/10/543.php

http://michiganimc.org/newswire/display/11986/index.php

-- Scott Huminski

s_huminski@Hotmail.com

I don't know what you've got against Dean, but this really doesn't seem to be his fault. Granted, it's always hard to see through media spin, but the guy who is responsible for this mess seems to be the self-styled court reporter/idiot. "it is the policy of the state of Vermont to encourage and allow crimes to be committed against myself and my wife without fear of prosecution, I must take the law into my own hands and initiate activities that will get national media attention," Huminski wrote in one letter. "When the smoke clears, the nation will wonder what went wrong in Vermont.""" It's quotes like that that scare people and make Huminski seem like a real nutjob. I don't know him personally nor do I know of any other undertakings of his, but he seems a little over the top in his rantings. Furthermore, I don't know about Dean or his appointing practices(I've heard things about scandal), but I'd say barring this guy Huminski from court houses on the possibility of him being a threat seems reasonable.