The compilation includes little-known state laws that require judges to perform judicial and administrative duties free of bias based on the socioeconomic status of court users.
According to the group, the laws, codified in the California Code of Judicial Ethics, are routinely ignored by judges and have never been enforced by the controversial Commission on Judicial Performance, the state agency responsible for judge oversight and accountability.
The release also includes a letter to all judges and court administrators in the state from the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division outlining federal laws prohibiting bias against the poor in court proceedings. The group asserts that federal courts are hostile to litigation that seeks to protect the civil and constitutional rights of the socioeconomically disadvantaged. The catalog is embedded below:
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