The Supreme Court is guilty of the same things they accused Judge Shea of (Read their ruling below.) They are Democrats with a bias that extends to giving an extension to fellow Democrats to stuff the ballot box while tying the hands of the Secretary of State when they know the Secretary is well within her power to certify or not certify ballots. The mention of the word "shall" twice is very, very strong and not open to interpretation. If they rule against the power of a member of the Executive branch, the Governor should appoint a Chief Inspector General of his choosing to investigate the Supreme Court Chief Justice and members of the Supreme Court for impeachment:

SECTION 17. Impeachment.

(a) The governor, lieutenant governor, members of the cabinet, justices of the supreme court, judges of district courts of appeal, judges of circuit courts, and judges of county courts shall be liable to impeachment for misdemeanor in office. The House of Representatives by two-thirds vote shall have the power to impeach an officer. The speaker of the House of Representatives shall have power at any time to appoint a committee to investigate charges against any officer subject to impeachment.

(b) An officer impeached by the House of Representatives shall be disqualified from performing any official duties until acquitted by the senate, and, unless impeached, the governor may by appointment fill the office until completion of the trial.

(c) All impeachments by the House of Representatives shall be tried by the Senate. The chief justice of the supreme court, or another justice designated by the chief justice, shall preside at the trial, except in a trial of the chief justice, in which case the governor shall preside.

The case below can be used as a guide for investigating Code of Judicial Conduct and also the statute that deals with "Conflict of Interest" in the Florida Constitution where a person cannot involve their private matters or beliefs while exercising their position in government. The Judges should remove themselves from this case as they are in a conflict of interest too.

A Judge prolonging this Presidential election certification is equal to fraud and vote tampering as well. The Republican controlled House and Senate can pass a bill signed by the Governor in an emergency session of the House and Senate to pass a "Certification Clause" allowing the Secretary of State to do her job without interference from the Supreme Court , overriding the Supreme Courts 90 stay order.

Also the Senate can begin an investigation into any possible violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct on the part of the Chief Justice and members of the Supreme Court. According to the Florida Constitution and any taxpayer can ask for help from the courts and or legislature for such investigations and redress.

This is much too important a matter to let a Democratic appointed Supreme Court control the outcome of the Presidency of the United States of America without investigating their motive to see they are pure and above reproach. We expected this from our candidates and they expected it from Judge Shea who they removed. We must hold them to the highest standard now.

Concerned Taxpayer and Voter

Clifford J. Marlowe

Supreme Court of Florida

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No. SC92913

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[March 23, 2000]

PER CURIAM.

We have for review the findings and recommendations of the Florida

Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC), recommending that Judge Steven P.

Shea be removed from his position of circuit court judge for the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 12, Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed below, we affirm the JQC’s findings and recommendation. Judge Shea took office as a circuit court judge in January 1995. On April 30, 1998, the JQC filed a "Notice of Formal Charges" in this Court, alleging various violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct. The charges were amended to include six general prefatory charges and thirty-seven specific charges. The prefatory charges alleged that Judge Shea abused the power of his judicial office by engaging in a pattern of vindictive and retaliatory conduct towards those who

disagreed with him. This conduct included: publicly holding the disagreeing

party up to scorn and ridicule; launching unilateral investigations of the party's conduct and character; issuing self-serving orders that distorted the facts; airing petty grievances publicly in order to embarrass the parties; being verbally and physically abusive to others; and showing disrespect for fellow judges in his circuit and encouraging others to do the same.

At the end of its case-in-chief, the JQC dismissed twelve of the specific

charges, finding that several charges were not supported by clear and convincing evidence. It further found Judge Shea guilty of the conduct charged in the prefatory charges, except that it did not find that Judge Shea was physically abusive towards others.

The remaining charges found by the JQC to be supported by clear and convincing evidence are summarized as follows: (1) Judge Shea improperly contacted two attorneys and intimidated these attorneys into withdrawing from representation of their client by threatening to recuse himself from all of their cases; (2) Judge Shea entered an order directing a litigant to show cause why she should not be held in indirect criminal contempt for writing a letter to the Governor complaining of Judge Shea's handling of her support case; (3) Judge Shea improperly sought to hold a counselor of Upper Keys Guidance Clinic ….

In addition to using his judicial office for his own financial purposes, Judge Shea also engaged in a pattern of conduct that further demonstrates an unfitness to hold office. While we do not necessarily find that any one of the other offenses charged would constitute a removable offense individually, when considered together, these charges are evidence of Judge Shea’s abuse of power and require removal.

Accordingly, for the reasons expressed, Steven P. Shea is hereby removed as circuit judge for the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, effective upon this opinion becoming final. We direct that Shea pay the costs of these proceedings, limited to the court reporter per diem fees, deposition costs and costs associated