Panel to Set Standards  on  Judicial Accountability An article by David B. Sacks, first justice of the Hampden Probate & Family Court and chairman of the newly created  Steering Committee on Performance and Accountability Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly,  October 27, 2003 Cite the page of the article: 32 M.L.W. 443 Seems like we are making a difference! We have created awareness. Judge Dunphy must have been listening. Let's hope that the panel does not whitewash the wrongs the judiciary has done and is doing. All three branches of government must be accountable to the people. Our Massachusetts Constitution guarantees it!   Article V of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights All power residing originally in the people, and being derived from them,  the several magistrates and officers of government,  vested with authority,  whether legislative, executive, or judicial,  are their substitutes and agents, and  are at all times accountable to them.