John William Williams v. Pennsylvania
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Has the external influence of state judicial election politics upon the state judiciary come to represent a constitutionally intolerable risk of bias or partiality?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Based upon the claims and supporting evidence presented in Petitioner's state post-conviction habeas corpus petition to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, has the external influence of state judicial election politics upon the state judiciary come to represent a constitutionally intolerable risk of bias or partiality on the part of the state judiciary? ; 2. Based upon the claims and supporting evidence presented in Petitioner's state post-conviction habeas corpus petition to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the argument and evidence in © support of the instant petition for writ of certiorari, does the external influence of state judicial election politics threaten or impermissably encroach upon the independence of the state judiciary, and/or undermine the supremacy of the U.S. Constitution and the state judiciary's oath to support it, and/or blur the line between the executive and judicial branches of government intended by the doctrine? 3. Based upon the claims and supporting evidence presented in Petitioner's state post-conviction habeas corpus petition to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, does the state high court's refusal to address the claims in that petition demonstrate or raise the constitutionally intolerable risk that the state high court was/is incapable, by reason of bias in favor of or partiality towards members of the judiciary and bar, of fully and fairly adjudicating federal constitutional claims that call into question the manner of service or right to serve of members of the judiciary and _ right to practice law of members of the bar? 4. Within the intendment of Sections 1 and 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment and Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, do state executive and judicial officers who deliberately conspire to deprive American citizens of their constitutional rights for the purpose of consolidating political power and securing their own private and covert form of local government engage in insurrection or rebellion against the U.S. Constitution and their oaths to support it; and, if so, ; if Petitioner's habeas claims are taken as true in their entirety, are the Cumberland County executive and judicial officers named therein guilty of engaging in insurrection or rebellion against the Constitution? 5. Was Petitioner entitled to an evidentiary hearing on his habeas petition to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court; and, if so, would any of his claims entitled him to immediate relief? ce oo LISTOF PARTIES © a , pf au parties appear in-the caption of the case on the cover page. ~ 2 EJ All parties do not appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. A list of . '. all