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With you 100% on this one. Your last illustration there reminds me a little of this: https://www.npr.org/2018/07/08/627082032/1-year-old-shows-up-in-immigrati
by 52-6F-62 8y ago
With you 100% on this one.
Your last illustration there reminds me a little of this:
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/08/627082032/1-year-old-shows-up-in-immigration-court https://www.npr.org/2018/07/08/627082032/1-year-old-shows-up...
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His name is Johan.
He drank a bottle of milk and played with a purple ball as he waited for the immigration judge, The Associated Press reported.
John W. Richardson, the judge at the Phoenix courthouse, said he was "embarrassed to ask" if the defendant understood the proceedings. "I don't know who you would explain it to, unless you think that a 1-year-old could learn immigration law," he told Johan's attorney.
- Spooky23 8y agoThat’s isn’t a matter of smart vs dumb. That is a farcical process subverting the judiciary to abuse someone’s rights. If the judge had integrity he would resign or be disbarred.
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- Spooky23 8y agoHe is asking an infant who is incapable of speech whether he understands legal rights. That’s an insult to the concept of justice.
- jrs235 8y ago>That’s an insult to the concept of justice. Agreed. Unfortunately our justice system has been turned into a legal system. Legalities are more important than justice and it's sickening.
- ink_13 8y agoWhat? "It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is."
- RugnirViking 8y agoJust because it is supposed to be their duty does not mean that they are actually performing that duty with any regularity.
- maym86 8y ago> That’s isn’t a matter of smart vs dumb. It was a reference to the quote above which is saying the reason individual people loose is not because they are dumb but because they are unable to match their opponents resources. > “Well I just don’t get why the baby didn’t defend itself from the bear." How can individuals defend themselves when the system and corporations subvert their rights.
- wang_li 8y agoA complicating factor here is that when a child is separated from their parents and put into foster care a guardian ad litem can be assigned who have been known to argue that it's in the best interests of the child to remain in the US regardless of whether the parents have been returned to their country of origin.
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- s73v3r_ 8y agoOr just not allow such proceedings to happen.