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Family Court Truth: National Experts warn that secret family courts are a nationwide public-health crisis harming children and families,

Family Court Truth at National Press Club Summit

    A national reckoning hit Washington on Nov. 11, when lawmakers, doctors, attorneys, survivors, and investigative reporters gathered at the National Press Club to declare America’s family-court system a public-health crisis. Speaker after speaker said the same thing: secrecy fuels abuse. Panels exposed judicial misconduct, coerced reunification programs, unchecked power, and the catastrophic medical fallout inflicted on children. Dr. Bandy Lee called the system “a profound source of harm.” Constitutional lawyer Bruce Fein warned that secret courts threaten democracy. Survivors like Mia Ambrose and Ally Toyos described years of trauma. The message was blunt: family courts are broken and must change.

    Judge Michael L. Ravin

    THE COURTROOM CON: MONICA CIARDI’S SENTENCING EXPOSES NJ’S CORRUPT MACHINE

      Protective mother Monica Ciardi faces sentencing today in Essex County, NJ, despite no confirmed indictment, no allocution of rights, and no proof she knowingly waived her parental and First Amendment rights. Her felony plea deal—negotiated under pressure, without due process—includes a gag order and opens the door for permanent separation from her children. Critics call it a state-sanctioned shakedown led by corrupt Morris and Essex County officials. With federal eyes now on the case, pressure mounts on Judge Michael L. Ravin to stop what legal advocates say is a court-run extortion racket against a protective mom who refused to stay quiet.