Tag: Judicial System

Restoring My Faith in Justice – Just a Little

 

Since October 2018, we’ve worked on getting a new roof, seeking compensation for a driveway that was seriously damaged in the effort, and finally filing for a judgment to get money back that we’d spent to repair the driveway. My husband took on most of the tedious work to collect evidence, file the case, and appear at mediation. He used the best of his engineering skills and charm to do it.

But that is not the most fascinating part of this story….

On our court date, we arrived an hour early at the courthouse where the county held small claims suits. (We both feel that unless you’re early, you’re late.) Only two other people were sitting in the courtroom; we learned they were there for the case that was in progress.

The Federal Conviction System

 

Over the years, Ricochet’s members who practice law have occasionally mollified our common predilection for lawyer jokes by providing examples of honest-to-goodness Justice in action. At the local levels, at least, American judicial systems seem to work now and then; even if other first-hand experiences among Ricochetti have been downright depressing.

Would anyone care to defend the federal criminal justice system? Mark Steyn has written many times that US courts at the national level boast a conviction rate that would impress brutal third-world dictators.

Naomi Schaefer Riley joins City Journal editor Brian Anderson to discuss how family court in New York fails vulnerable children and how reforms could improve child-welfare.

In the New York Family Court System, judges adjudicate cases ranging from custody disputes to child abuse. As Riley reports, though, the whole system can feel like an agonizing series of hearings, trials, and meetings—often without any resolution. The process can prove detrimental to a child’s emotional well-being, in addition to draining money and resources from parents.

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Ricochet benefits from its inclusion of many non-American members. Their participation helps to broaden our perspectives on various issues.  In the past, we have discussed parliamentary systems in relation to the American Congress and President. Following Midge’s post about respect for law, I’d like to learn more about trial systems in other Western and/or free countries. Would […]

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With a hat tip to Chicks On the Right, this little piggy went to mosque:  In the wake of the brutal murder of British soldier Lee Rigby by two radical Muslims, four British men from Blackpool formulated a plan to exact revenge by tossing the head of a pig into the parking lot of a local mosque. […]

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