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Learning the fact that you need no credentials to be a family judge, for instance, permanently damaged my trust and respect in the system. If Joe Bumpkin down t
by zlg_codes 3y ago
Learning the fact that you need no credentials to be a family judge, for instance, permanently damaged my trust and respect in the system. If Joe Bumpkin down the street with no education can decide the fate of others' lives, does our society truly understand and practice justice?
I posit that it doesn't.
- voakbasda 3y agoAs a victim of family court, I can say with confidence that truth and justice have little to no bearing in a court of law.
- zlg_codes 3y agoIn the same boat, stay strong my dude. Personally I'm using it as an opportunity to tell my story and call out authorities by name, when my case is over. I would like to see a country where judges don't play God or choose which families win and lose in this country. They owe every citizen respect, not just the ones with uteruses.
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- kspacewalk2 3y agoI'm guessing that Joe Bumpkin's blatantly legally wrong decisions would be overturned on appeal by a higher order court. But I live in a country with a non-stupid way to select judges, so I don't know for sure.
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- zlg_codes 3y agoI find it naive for someone to trust a process that, at just about any junction, can be corrupted and force you to lose resources. Our rights are but toys to them. This will not change until we start dismantling the structures of power that allow them to steal autonomy from others.
- kspacewalk2 3y agoI didn't say non-stupid judge selection is perfect, just that it's strictly better than electing them with no required qualifications. Also, a firm no thanks from me on dismantling the structures of power until we settle unambiguously on what replaces them. Again, maybe my Canadian bias, our "structures of power" are not great but typically those who want to dismantle them are advocating sheer wingnut lunacy in their stead.
- zlg_codes 3y agoYeah, government's never get it wrong or anything... There are some things, like families, that governments are simply not equipped or qualified to rule on. It doesn't concern them, they have no standing and no stake in the outcome. They are reticent to take real action and instead want people to bend to their will without having proven superiority of character, word, or deed.
- FireBeyond 3y agoLike this: https://ij.org/press-release/victory-appeals-court-unanimously-denies-judicial-immunity-to-west-virginia-judge-who-personally-searched-home-ordered-items-removed/ https://ij.org/press-release/victory-appeals-court-unanimous...
- zlg_codes 3y agoI'll give you that it is indeed one judge actually being held accountable, to some mild degree. Still not enough to convince me that this country is good or is capable of respecting its own documents and laws. It does what is convenient to it, no more, no less. I will return the favor when the US inevitably pisses off another country and they invade. Want to mistreat me? Enjoy defending yourself.
- FireBeyond 3y agoOh no, I am very much in agreement with you. My aim in sharing that article was "how we get to a point where judges even think this is acceptable behavior/know they can usually do this kind of thing with impunity".