06/17/2024
Good Monday Morning! 🌞 It's a beautiful day to have a beautiful day!
I know some of us in recovery have had to go through legal battles for past transgressions that happened in our active addiction. Most professionals involved in these cases are officials elected by the people. Judges are attorneys, obviously, before they are elected to be judge. The Commonwealth and County attorneys are also elected officials licensed to practice law in the state.
If you ever have any concerns about how you are treated by any of these people, there are many places and ways to hold them accountable for their actions. Judges have the Judicial Conduct Comittee, the Legislative Ethics Committee, the Attorney General's office, as well as the KY Bar Association. You also have the local government, however it may not be useful to file local because of the small town "good old boy" system, as my friend Jessica calls it when she talks about her small town. 😊 Most corruption spans wider than just one branch of local government. County and Commonwealth Attorneys can be held accountable by the Bar Association, the Attorney General's office, the KY Legislative Ethics Commission and also with city and local government. Concerns or complaints on Public Defenders and private attorneys can be filed in these same places, although Public Defenders obviously have a much larger duty as sworn in officials to be ethical and moral. Employees of these offices can be involved as well, if concerns or complaints involve them.
These methods are only a drop in the bucket of the many ways you can hold these individuals accountable if they have violated your constitutional rights, their duties as a sworn in elected official, their oath to the people to be fair, unbiased and ethical at all times, or any other mistreatment you may have been subjected to by anyone involved in any legal proceedings.
This is not legal advice, as I'm not an attorney. Just a few helpful facts to my brothers and sisters in recovery.
Hoping everyone has a beautiful, sunshiney Monday! Move with integrity and help someone with no expectations today and I promise your day is guaranteed to be AMAZING! ❤️