In addition, Judge Banks' sealing of the court record, even temporarily, violates both the Common Law and the Constitutional requirement that court records are public records and must be opened to the public at all times (except in certain specific instances which must be enunciated fully in writing by the court and must pass Constitutional muster).
Article VI, clause 3, of the United States Constitution, states, in pertinent part, that “all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution”.
The act of any judge to violate a person’s First, Third, Due Process, and/or Fifth Amendment Rights, or to permit such violation to occur, is an attack upon the Constitution, and is a crime.
Courts have consistently held that when a judge fails to support the Constitution, the judge is not acting in any judicial capacity, but is acting only in his/her personal capacity. His/her orders are void, of no legal force or effect, and he/she has been deprived of any protection of the government. He/she is amenable to personal suit, as the judge does not have judicial immunity for acts in his/her personal capacity.
Further, he/she has engaged in acts to defraud the government by his/her acceptance of any benefits from the government, whether salary, office, pension, insurance, etc.
Why did Judge Patricia Banks violate the law?
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