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The writer has been deprived of his license to practice law in
three states. The basis for these court orders was a confidential
complaint made by the writer about the misconduct of a United
States District Judge. The complaints included evidence, which
pointed to the judge's financial ties to litigators with matters in
his court. Nevertheless, the judge's misconduct was overlooked by
supervising judges. The writer reviews the court order which drove
him from the practice of law. "The point of all this," he
concludes, "was to banish me from the legal profession, not to find
the truth since bringing truth into the light of day would have
been uncomfortable for" the judge. From the book: "Any professional
regulatory authority empowered to deprive its members of their
reputation and their ability to earn an income should be subject to
the highest standards of objectivity and fairness. In the legal
community, the opposite is the norm. The rules which govern the
behavior of lawyers are explicitly intended to overlook complaints
about the venal and self-interested behavior of the most powerful
members of the profession. The judges make the rules and see to
their own insulation from criticism, oversight and transparency in
their dealings with persons interested in judicial outcomes. The
judges take pains to block any examination of their off-the-books
income streams. Those who are so incautious as to rely on the
prescribed complaint rules and who come forward, confidentially, to
object to obvious instances of be-robed venality are themselves
subjected to the severest sanction." Consideration of salary
increases for the judges should be put on hold, the writer asserts.
Why? Better rules than the "bogus revised" ones are needed
immediately. "In writing their own ethics rules, the judges have
given themselves impunity to accept bribes." The writer offers
prescriptive comments, including the text of a "Best Practices
Declaration," which should be binding upon any who seek a position
on the bench, local state or federal.
A history of the ancestry of Elizabeth Huey Taylor Cook, tracing
various genealogical lines more than four hundred years.
Individuals and couples are placed in their historical context,
showing their participation in the events of their time
(Revolutionary War, Civil War, early settlements in Massachusetts,
Virginia, and Kentucky). Special attention is given to the role of
various ancestors in the Indian wars of the 1600s and 1700s. Many
details about the families' ownership of slaves are included.
Various indiiduals' participation in church and community
activities - from the earliest colonial settlements to and
including the 20th century - are also covered. The main surnames
which are treated include TAYLOR, HUEY, MOORE, CROUCH, MAYO,
BALDWIN, SCOTT, DAWSON, PUTNAM, PORTER, HAWTHORNE, DOYNE, WHARTON,
STONE, WINSTON, GAINES, WATTS, GOUGE, GRAVES, WILLIAMS, HUNT,
JEWETT/JUETT, MASON, PENDLETON, GAMEWELL, SWAINE, PARSONS, BOOTH,
WOODBURY, DWIGHT, WALTON, MAVERICK, HARRISON, LYTTLETON, VALLETTE,
MARMADUKE. A total of about 120 surnames are traced.
A genealogy of Cecil Virgil Cook, Jr (1913-1970) and a history of
the ancestry of Cecil Cook, extending backward some four hundred
years, through various family lines and surnames. The principal
surnames covered include (but are not limited to) COOK, FARMER,
DORLAND, GOODE, FLOOD, BONDURANT, JONES, KEINADT (KAINADT, KOINER,
KOYNER, COINERT AND COINER), DILLER, DORRIS, IRELAND, FELLOWS,
SLAGLE, GRADELESS (GRAYLESS GRAYLEY), VAN ARSDALEN, MOORE, COTTON,
CHENEY, CARMEAN (CREMEEN), CHEATHAM, HAWKINS, CROCKETT
(CROSKETAGNE), DE SAIX, VAN METER (VAN METEREN), BODINE, DUBOIS,
RENTFRO. The individuals represented by these surnames are placed
in their context, with attention paid to events in which they
played a part (the settlement of the earliest colonies, Indian
Wars, the American Revolutionay War and Civil War, slavery and
Reconstruction). Connections are also traced in Europe, primarily
in England and France, in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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