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Your proof that the judge had no discretion in the stated case is the fact that they didn't. This seems like a poor argument. Until relatively recently some pla
by michaelmrose 5y ago
Your proof that the judge had no discretion in the stated case is the fact that they didn't. This seems like a poor argument. Until relatively recently some places have allowed judges to be elected or appointed idiots who weren't even required to have a high school diploma let alone an education in law.
- thaumasiotes 5y agoCompare the Tennessee judge who ordered that a child's name, Messiah, be changed, on the stated grounds that "Messiah is a title and it's a title that has only been earned by one person and that one person is Jesus Christ." http://volokh.com/2013/10/27/disciplinary-charges-filed-messiah-judge/ http://volokh.com/2013/10/27/disciplinary-charges-filed-mess...