Justice Bryan Zahra of Michigan; pompous nincompoop

The state of Michigan provided Bryan K. Zahra with a law license in 1987 after he graduated from the University of Detroit Law School.

Gov. Rick Snyder was duped into appointing Bryan to the Michigan Supreme Court in 2011. Bryan didn’t get the appointment because he was the most qualified attorney in Michigan, he got it because he had proven to be a reliable lackey for the local political hacks.

In March 2017, Bryan and his fellow cronies on the Michigan Supreme Court proposed new rules that would make it more difficult to punish corrupt and/or incompetent judges. Bryan’s asinine proposal would implement a three-year statute of limitations in regards to judicial misconduct.

Under this preposterous rule, all Judicial Misfits have to do is conceal his/her judicial misconduct, no matter how egregious from seeing the light of day for three years. If the misconduct involves sexual harassment of court employees, the mere threat of being fired will surely suffice!

Bryan’s compulsory rule would prohibit the Judicial Tenure Commission from investigating any complaints lodges against any Juridical Misfit more than three years after the miscreant violated the so-called judicial code of conduct.

Under Michigan law, there is a 6-year statute of limitations for any degree of sexual conduct involving a minor. In addition, all criminal misdemeanors in Michigan carry a 6-year statute of limitations.

So, what we have here, is a Supreme Court Justice who actually believes that the statute of limitations for judges should be halved in comparison to the misdemeanor statute. In other words, the old judicial saying of “We must be held to a higher standard of Conduct,” is pure bunk (BS). In truth, Bryan is advocating that Judicial Misfits be “held to a lower standard of conduct then everyone else in Michigan.”

In support of his self-serving rule change, Brian had the chutzpah to say:

• “A 3-year statute of limitations would put an end to stale claims”
• “Memories fade.”
• “People see things and then 10 years later recount them differently, and it creates what appears to be questions of fact.”

Bryan’s arguments don’t pass the involuntary laugh test. Obviously, he feels that a documented record of a retired judge billing for hours he/she never worked or for travel expenses never incurred should go unpunished if not discovered within 3 years. In other words, in Bryan’s demented judgment, the crooked judge should be able to escape punishment and retain the ill-gotten financial gains.

Given the sorry record of the Judicial Commission is rooting out Judicial Misfits in Michigan, they may as well fold their tent, which would at least save the taxpayers a bunch of money.

As we speak (ca. June 2017), Bryan continues to sit as an Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.