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So as I understand this weekend’s Democrat talking point, the executive branch of the American government cannot arrest a judge (at least a judge for another level of government) for violating a law, lest we end up in a “constitutional crisis.”
The FBI arrested Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan in the Milwaukee courthouse on Friday (April 25) on an allegation that the state judge aided a person wanted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) evade arrest by directing the person to exit the courthouse through private pathways and doors.
Just before I moved away from the Rochester, New York area in 2018, a Rochester City Court Judge was arrested for drunk driving by a New York State Trooper who found the judge’s wrecked car on a highway leading into the city at 8:00 am. By this weekend’s standard, was that arrest improper? Was the state’s arrest of a city judge for violation of a state law an indication of a constitutional crisis? Should the state trooper have instead driven her to her courtroom?
The Rochester city judge was found guilty of Driving Under the Influence (DUI), but she refused to resign her judgeship until she was finally stripped of it two years later.
Was that whole process improper?
If the Wisconsin state judge had refused to pay federal income tax, would IRS enforcement of federal income tax law be constitutionally impermissible?
One of the sub-points on the talking sheets this weekend seems to be that the judge should not have been arrested in the courthouse. “Showboating.” “A publicity stunt.”
Would the Democrats prefer that the FBI conduct a SWAT team pre-dawn raid with guns drawn and a battering ram on the judge’s home? That seemed to be the preferred arrest technique for the Biden administration.
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I think arresting her was fine. What she did was not only illegal, but it violated basic decorum. And she certainly knew better. Lock 'er up!
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Was there any mention of the victims left in the courthouse that were denied their due process because this judge was more worried about the illegal alien’s rights? I guess the only domestic violence victims they worry about are the ones that come at the hands of a white male. The rest of you can take your lumps and enjoy it. Probably had it coming to ya.
I say let this be the hill they die on. I don’t think it plays well with a majority of Americans.
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This guy usually rambles more than I can take for long, but this one is worth going through all the way.
The gist is, From what I've read of the complaint in Wisconsin, there was a public defender lawyer who told the judge about the agents waiting, but didn't recognize one of them who was sitting some distance from the others. So when the judge told the agents to go see the top judge, likely to get them out of the way, that one agent remained behind. That agent saw what was going on, and notified the other agents. If not for that, the illegal likely would have gotten away, and the judge's actions may not have been fully known either. And if the public defender lawyer and the top judge knew what was happening, they're responsible too.
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I am morbidly fascinated with the "hills on which Democrats are willing to die."
A "lefty" friend of mine insists that many, many immigrants (regardless of legal status) are being rounded up and deported with no process whatsoever to determine whether they are in fact illegally in the country. I don't believe him. If what he says were true, would not the media and Democrat politicians note that, rather than focusing all their attention on the wife-beating, human trafficking, multiple appearances before immigration courts, illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia?
But in general, "domestic violence" is a problem only if the perpetrator is a non-Hispanic white heterosexual male.
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Judge Dugan said nothing during her arraignment or since, so saying what she was worried about or why she carried out the actions she did has not been established. But that said, I would hope that anyone sitting on the bench is worried about the rights of everyone in their courtroom, especially the defendant’s.
Dugan is not a state judge, she is a county judge and her position is an elective office. According to Milwaukee media she could be impeached with basically the same procedure as a federal impeachment, she could be removed by “address” which requires supermajorities in both chambers, or by recall ballot.
The Republicans have small majorities in both houses of the Wisconsin legislature but not large enough to pull off either of the first two methods of removal.
I have no problem with her arrest or the way it was done. This was a Western Union job.
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