Subj : Re: Yay Texas
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Trouble
Date : Tue Oct 04 2005 13:49:37

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

John I wrote:

> Trouble wrote:
 
> Or she could have put her on probation and not imposed silly and
> distracting limitations.  It was the stupid stuff that made the news. 
> The unnecessary imposition into her privacy and the private decsions
> of her family are the problem here.  Lawbreakers don't give up all of
> their civil rights and mercy is not an excuse for excess.  Never mind
> the draconian drug laws. 

Seems that she puts those limits on all the drug users in her drug court.

>> we have one lawyer's word for her other behaviors, and some
>> transcripts out of context... having been removed from the courtroom
>> for his own behavior, I really doubt the lawyer's version of the
>> story resembles what really happened.

> On what basis?   I've seen other whackos take similar positions on
> minor procedural concerns.  Extreme concern for decorum is not a good
> sign in  a judge.  The 'winger judge in Raleigh physically attacked a
> woman lawyer when one of her buttons was inadvertently unbuttoned. 
> Locking up a lawyer for minor breaches of decorum, particularly if the
> judge is making it up as she goes as this one is clearly doing,
> indicts the judge's powers of discretion, not the lawyer's.

Try the Dallas Morning News article with more of the facts, and try to 
remember that the really bad politics you have in NC are not everywhere

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/092905
dnmetnewjudge.167116db.html

-- 
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise.
Seek what they sought."
--Basho

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