In June 2009 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that elected judges must step aside from cases when large campaign contributions from interested parties create the appearance of bias.

New Jersey Superior Court judges are appointed by power brokers. Shouldn’t they be made to recuse themselves from politically charged cases? Consider recent rulings by Judge John Malone who is a former Democrat Chairman whose wife works for Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage.

It was Judge Malone that was originally assigned to the absentee ballot case brought by Christine Dansereau in Roselle three years ago. He promptly threw it out. He claimed Dansereau’s argument was “convoluted, contradictory and confusing.” A Superior Court appellate panel later, reversed Judge Malone’s decision to dismiss the case. They ruled that Malone was too narrow and restrictive in his view of the law in dismissing the matter.

Just last week the state Attorney General’s office filed charges against Roselle Council President Jamel Holley, accusing him of illegally filling out the absentee ballots.

The Star-Ledger reports today that Judge John Malone, ruled against newly elected Hillside mayor and democrat machine nemesis Joseph Menza after the township’s governing body sued him for allegedly illegally installing his executive appointments after he took office in July.

Can the public trust the judicial system, a cornerstone of democracy, when judges appointed by powerbrokers are narrow and restrictive in their views of the law affecting the power of the very people that appointed them? Our judges in Union County have been appointed by the same Democrat powerbrokers for a decade now and apparently they have no rules or code of conduct to follow when it comes to recusing themselves from politically charged cases. Therefore the public can have no trust in the integrity of our judicial system.

Judge Malone, is just another sign pointing to a fascist society existing here in Union County.

Tina Renna is the President of the Union County Watchdog Association. She can be reached at tinarenna@unioncountywatchdog.org.